Medically reviewed by Michael MacIntyre, MD Cluster C personality disorders include conditions with anxious and fearful thoughts and behaviors. These are avoidant personality disorder (AVPD), ...

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or the DSM-5, identifies 10 unique personality disorders—conditions in which people have traits that cause them to feel and behave in ...

BPD causes symptoms like emotional and relationship instability as well as higher anxiety levels. Insurance coverage for treatment may vary, requiring you to check your specific plan. Borderline ...

Schizoid and paranoid personality disorders have key differences. Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) leads people to think that others are trying to harm them, while schizoid personality disorder ...

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Cluster analysis yielded four user profiles including people with mainly anxiety disorders (Cluster 1), depressive disorders (Cluster 3), alcohol and/or drug disorders (Cluster 4), and multiple mental ...

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 ...

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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, identifies 10 unique personality disorders, each belonging to one of three groups known as "clusters." Cluster A contains paranoid, ...