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Avoidant Personality Disorder : Symptoms

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Symptoms could include:
  • Absent Or Abnormal Social Play
  • Disorganized
  • Lack of Close Friend

Symptoms Overview Articles

Avoidant personality disorder
People with avoidant personality disorder are preoccupied with their own shortcomings. They form relationships with others only if they believe they will not be rejected. Loss and rejection are so painful that these people will choose to be lonely...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 17, 2008
Avoidant personality disorder
DSM-IV-TR specifies seven diagnostic criteria for avoidant personality disorder: The person avoids occupational activities that require significant interpersonal contact. Job interviews or pro motions may be turned down because the person's own pe...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

Specific Symptom Articles

Shyness
Shyness is a psychological state that causes a person to feel discomfort in social situations in ways that interfere with enjoyment or that cause avoidance of social contacts altogether.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Shyness
The tendency to avoid or be timid or subdued with unfamiliar children or adults. Shyness first appears around the first birthday, when the capacity to experience fear to discrepant events matures. During the first year or two children raised under...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Communication Disorders
Detailed information on communication disorders, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
Source:StayWell
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