“Anxious” Personality Disorders

CLUSTER C:

The cluster of “anxious” personality disorders includes:

• Avoidant personality disorder
• Dependent personality disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

People with these disorders typically display anxious and fearful behavior

• Although many of the symptoms are similar to those of anxiety and depressive disorders, researchers have found no direct links between this cluster and those diagnoses
• As with most of the personality disorders, research is very limited
• But treatments for this cluster appear to be modestly to moderately helpful, considerably better than for other personality disorders

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