avoidant personality

  • 1Avoidant personality disorder — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Anxious [avoidant] personality disorder ICD10 = ICD10|F|60|6|f|60 ICD9 = ICD9|301.82 ICDO = Caption = OMIM = OMIM mult = MedlinePlus = 000940 eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 189 DiseasesDB = Avoidant… …

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  • 2avoidant personality disorder — [DSM IV] a personality disorder characterized by social discomfort, hypersensitivity to criticism, low self esteem, and an aversion to activities that involve significant interpersonal contact; there is a proclivity to anxiety, an exaggeration of …

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  • 3Personality disorder — Classification and external resources ICD 10 F60 ICD 9 301.9 …

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  • 4avoidant — avoid·ant ə vȯid ənt adj characterized by turning away or by withdrawal or defensive behavior <the avoidant detached schizophrenic patient (Norman Cameron)> <an avoidant personality> * * * adj. describing a personality type… …

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  • 5Personality disorder not otherwise specified — Personality disorder, unspecified Classification and external resources ICD 10 F60.9 ICD 9 301.9 …

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  • 6personality disorder — n a psychopathological condition or group of conditions in which an individual s entire life pattern is considered deviant or nonadaptive although the individual shows neither neurotic symptoms nor psychotic disorganization * * * a deeply… …

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  • 7Избегающая личность (avoidant personality) — Диагностический ярлык «И. л.», или «избегающее расстройство личности» (И. р. л.) впервые был включен в третье издание «Руководства по диагностике и статистической классификации психических расстройств» (DSM III) для характеристики лиц, желающих… …

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  • 8Personality Disorders —    Even though upsetting behavior is as old as the human condition, systematic attention to disorders of the personality appears relatively late in the development of psychiatry. On the whole, the asylum generation of psychiatrists had little to… …

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  • 9personality disorder — Psychiatry. any of a group of mental disorders characterized by deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of behavior and personality style, which are usually recognizable as early as adolescence and are often lifelong in duration. [1935 40] * * *… …

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  • 10personality — 1. The unique self; the organized system of attitudes and behavioral predispositions by which one feels, thinks, acts, and impresses and establishes relationships with others. 2. An individual with a particular p. pattern. affective p. a chronic… …

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