| Edition |
Rev. and expanded. |
| Description |
xiv, 278 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
ABC-Clio ebook.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Description 1 -- 1 Why Has Avoidant Personality Disorder Received So Little Attention? 3 -- 2 The Literature 11 -- 3 The Mental Status Profile 33 -- 4 Types of Avoidants 51 -- 5 Healthy Avoidance 59 -- 6 Avoidant People 65 -- 7 Sociocultural Manifestations 75 -- 8 Course 77 -- 9 Comorbid Disorders: Comorbidity with Schizotypal, Schizoid, and Affective Disorders 87 -- 10 Comorbid Disorders: Comorbidity with "Neurotic" Spectrum Disorders 101 -- 11 Comorbid Disorders: Comorbidity with Other Personality Disorders 127 -- 12 Cause: An Overview 149 -- Part II: Therapy 167 -- 13 An Overview of Avoidance Reduction 169 -- 14 Psychodynamically Oriented Psychotherapy 185 -- 15 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy 195 -- 16 Interpersonal Therapy 207 -- 17 Supportive Therapy 217 -- 18 Pharmacotherapy 237 -- 19 Therapeutic Modifications for Treating Avoidants 239 -- 20 Treating Depressed Avoidants 251. |
| Summary |
"Kantor focuses on a misunderstood but common condition that brings severe and pervasive anxiety about social contacts and relationships. Fear of intimacy and commitment keeps avoidants from forming close, meaningful relationships. Types of avoidants can include confirmed bachelors, "femme fatales," and people who form what appear to be solid relationships only to tire of them and leave with little warning, often devastating their partners/victims. Kantor takes us through the history of this disorder, and into clinical treatment rooms, to see and hear how avoidants think, feel, and recover. He offers psychotherapists a specific method for helping avoidants overcome their fear of closeness and commitments, and offers a guide for avoidants themselves to use for developing lasting, intimate, anxiety-free relationships."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Electronic resource (access conditions). |
| Subject |
Avoidant personality disorder.
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Avoidance (Psychology)
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Remoteness (Personality trait)
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
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Avoidance (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst00824412
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Avoidant personality disorder. (OCoLC)fst00824417
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Remoteness (Personality trait) (OCoLC)fst01094511
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Ängstliche Persönlichkeitsstörung (DE-588)4788250-5
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Personality Disorders. (DNLM)D010554
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Social Isolation -- psychology.
(DNLM)D012934Q000523
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Avoidance Learning. (DNLM)D001362
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kantor, Martin. Distancing. Rev. and expanded. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003 027597829X 9780275978297 |
| ISBN |
027597829X (alk. paper) |
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9780275978297 (alk. paper) |
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