title: The relationship of social phobia subtypes and avoidant personality disorder.
abstract: The diagnoses of social phobia (SP) and avoidant personality disorder (APD) have evolved from different historical sources, but their criteria appear to converge in DSM-III-R. Fifty anxiety disorder clinic patients with DSM-III-R SP were evaluated for presence of DSM-III-R APD. APD was present in 89% of those with the generalized subtype of SP (GSP) and 21% of those with the discrete subtype of SP (DSP). The findings are discussed in conjunction with other recent reports showing substantial overlap between GSP and APD.
authors.affiliation: New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032.
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Schneier
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Spitzer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibbon
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fyer
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Liebowitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012931:Social Environment