Childhood Antecedents of Avoidant Personality Disorder: A Retrospective Study
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Avoidant Personality Disorder
Glossary Anhedonia A mental health symptom, commonly seen in mood disorders and schizophrenia-related disorders, involving the inability to experience pleasure from enjoyable activities. Comorbidity The presence of two or more psychiatric diagnoses found simultaneously in the same individual. Comorbidity may reflect the presence of two distinct pathologies, but may also reflect imperfect diagno...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0890-8567
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000070250.24125.5f