While people with schizoid personality disorder (SPD) and those with avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) both avoid social interaction, those with SPD do so due to disinterest, whereas in AvPD, it is ...

The main avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) treatment is talk therapy. Due to a lack of research, though, there is no clear recommendation on what type of talk therapy works best. AvPD is a rare ...

We hide from life in many ways and for many reasons. Those who feel too much hide from everyday emotions like disappointment, sadness, and fear. Some hide from acknowledging a submerged past, while ...

HAMBURG — What is “normal” and what isn’t? This question is constantly being renegotiated in psychology. And sometimes, the boundaries shift, as they are now. What is considered a personality disorder ...