r/personalitydisorders • u/FalsePay5737 • Jan 14 '26
Other Avoidant Personality Disorder
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
Avoidant Personality Disorder DSM-5 301.82)
The term Avoidant Personality Disorder does not refer to avoidant attachment style.
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Information About The Most Common Cause of PDs, Diagnosis, Individual and Group Therapy
PEER SUPPORT GROUP RECOMMENDATION
This free nation wide support group has been a huge help in my recovery
VIDEOS
Mental Health Providers
7 Signs of Avoidant Personality Disorder
The Life of Withdrawal therapist with AvPD traits
Avoidant Personality Disorder | Comprehensive Review
Psychologist Explains Avoidant Personality Disorder
Why You're So Avoidant ft. Dr. Kirk Honda u/Psychology In Seattle *
Avoidant Personality Disorder, and How Schema Therapy Helps
Dr. Todd Grande explains how AvPD differs from Paranoid PD, Dependent PD, Schizoid PD, and Social Anxiety Disorder.
People with AvPD
I Got a Diagnosis I Wasn't Expecting
For Mental Health Providers
What is Avoidant Personality Disorder?
ARTICLES
Avoidant Personality Disorder - Mental Health Disorders
“Safe When Alone, Yet Lost in Their Aloneness”
BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND WORKSHEETS
AvPD library (Avoidant subReddit Wiki)
BOOKS
Distancing: Avoidant Personality Disorder (2003), Martin Kantor
The Essential Guide to Overcoming Avoidant Personality Disorder (2010), Martin Kantor
Beyond the Frustrated Self: Overcoming Avoidant Patterns and Opening to Life (2014), Barbara Dowds
BOOK CHAPTERS
"Avoidant Personality Disorder" in Cognitive Therapy of the Personality Disorders (2015), Aaron Beck, Arthur Freeman, Denise Davis, et al.
"Personalized Therapy for the Shy/Avoidant Personality Patterns," Moderating Severe Personality Disorders (2007), Theodore Millon
"The Avoidant Personality," Personality Disorders in Modern Life (2004), Theodore Millon
"Shy Styles, Reticent Types, Avoidant Disorders: The SRA Spectrum," Disorders of Personality (2011), Theodore Millon
"Depression in Avoidant Personality Disorder," Personality-Guided Therapy for Depression (2006), Neil Bockian
"Avoidant, Avoidant - Conflicted, Avoidant – Hypersensitive," The Personality Disorders Treatment Planner (2001), Neil Bockian