loading...| Preferred Name |
avoidant personality disorder |
| Synonyms |
anxious personality disorder |
| Definitions |
A personality disorder that is characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation, and avoidance of social interaction. This disorder is a pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. DSM-IV-TR (american Psychiatric Association) Persons with this disorder tend to have low self-esteem and to avoid social relationships without a guarantee of uncritical acceptance by others, although they do not desire to be alone, on the contrary, they crave affection and active social life, but they are caught in a vicious cycle been preoccupied with rejection, they are constantly alert to signs of derogation or ridicule leading to many perceived instances of rejection, which at the same time cause them to avoid others. "Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1509 |
| comment |
Persons with this disorder tend to have low self-esteem and to avoid social relationships without a guarantee of uncritical acceptance by others, although they do not desire to be alone, on the contrary, they crave affection and active social life, but they are caught in a vicious cycle been preoccupied with rejection, they are constantly alert to signs of derogation or ridicule leading to many perceived instances of rejection, which at the same time cause them to avoid others. "Understanding abnormal behavior". David Sue, Derald Wing Sue, Stanley Sue. |
| alternative term |
trastorno de la personalidad por evitación |
| code DSM-IV-TR |
301.82 |
| database_cross_reference |
MSH:D010554 UMLS_CUI:C0004444 SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:37746008 ICD9CM:301.82 SNOMEDCT_2010_1_31:191771004 |
| definition |
A personality disorder that is characterized by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, extreme sensitivity to negative evaluation, and avoidance of social interaction. This disorder is a pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation. DSM-IV-TR (american Psychiatric Association) |
| has_exact_synonym |
anxious personality disorder |
| has_obo_namespace |
disease_ontology |
| ICD-10 code |
F60.6 |
| id |
DOID:1509 |
| label |
avoidant personality disorder |
| notation |
DOID:1509 |
| prefixIRI |
DOID:1509 |
| prefLabel |
avoidant personality disorder |
| priorVersion |
MFOMD_0000065 |
| subClassOf |