Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 Cluster A (ODD) 2 COMMON FEATURES 3 Cluster B (Dramatic) 3 COMMON FEATURES 3 Cluster C (Anxious) 3 COMMON FEATURES 3 CLINICAL DISCRIPTION 4 CAUSES OF SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER 4 Cluster C 4 AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER SYMPTOMS 5 CAUSES OF AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER 5 CONCLUSION 8 REFERENCE 9 INTRODUCTION In this assignment I will be discussing personality disorder that I found it relevant from the given case study. Personality Disorder implies there is something not-quite-right about someone’s personality. However, the term “personality disorder” simply refers to a diagnostic category of psychiatric disorders characterized by a chronic, inflexible, and maladaptive pattern of relating to the world. This maladaptive pattern is evident in the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. The most noticeable and significant feature of these disorders is their negative effect on interpersonal relationships (Livesley, 2006). A person with an untreated personality disorder is rarely able to enjoy sustained, meaningful, and rewarding relationships with others, and any relationships they do form are often fraught with problems and difficulties. To be diagnosed with a …show more content…
According to my perspective as well as the scientific approach DSM IV Jessica is suffering from Avoidant Personality Disorder because she show symptoms such as feeling unwelcomed or isolated in social situation, she very low threshold for criticism, perhaps an inferiority complex and she usually feels uncomfortable, anxious, and lonely most of the time, most of the time she prefer to be alone avoid social relationship an it does not bother her for example she like spending time watching TV or