Avoidant Personality Disorder
Current as of:
December 7, 2017
Author:
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine & Christine R. Maldonado, PhD – Behavioral Health
Avoidant personality disorder causes a person to avoid interaction with other people, especially if the interaction involves a new activity that may prove embarrassing. The person has trouble maintaining jobs working with other people, trouble maintaining relationships, and views others to be socially superior. The fear…