psychiatric disorders
Avoidant Personality Disorder (AVPD)
Treatment of Avoidant Personality Disorder
Cognitive-behavioral therapy focused on social skills Supportive psychotherapy Psychodynamic psychotherapy Anxiolytics and antidepressants Treatment of avoidant personality disorder are similar to those for all personality disorders. Patients with avoidant personality disorder often avoid treatment. Effective therapies for patients with both social phobia and avoidant personality disorder include the following ( Treatment reference ): Cognitive-behavioral therapy that focuses on acquisition of social skills, done in groups Other group therapies if the group consists of people with the same difficulties Patients with avoidant personality disorder benefit from individual therapies that are supportive and sensitive to the patient's hypersensitivities toward others. Psychodynamic psychotherapy, which focuses on underlying conflicts, may be helpful. There are no placebo-controlled studies of medication. 1.Weinbrecht A, Schulze L, Boettcher J, et al: Avoidant personality disorder: A current review.Curr Psychiatry Rep18(3):29, 2016. doi: 10.1007/s11920-016-0665-6 