In formulating guidelines for the treatment of avoidant personality disorder, it is important to bear in mind that this disorder shares many similarities with the Axis I disorder social phobia, as well…

Very few systematic studies of treatment for avoidant personality disorder have been performed, and most of these were in the area of nonpharmacological therapy. Various therapies have been used, including psychodynamic, exposure,…

Although the term avoidant personality was first used by Millon, several clinical theorists throughout the twentieth century have referred to related personality constructs. Jung, in his 1936 paper on psychological typology, described…

Avoidant personality disorder has been reported to have lifetime prevalence rates of 1.1% and 1.3%, considerably lower than the 13.3% for the related social anxiety disorder reported by Kessler and colleagues…