Avoidant Personality Disorder: DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria

Avoidant personality disorder is a chronic and pervasive maladaptive behavioural pattern. An enduring pattern of feelings of inadequacy, a pervasive pattern of extreme shyness and social inhibition, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation by others are present in a variety of contexts, beginning by early adulthood.
I am Dr Beth Colby, a psychiatrist from London. Other videos on my Talk Mental Health channel include:
Common Mental Health Conditions:
10 Symptoms of Depression
10 Tips for Self Help for Depression (in 2 parts)
Treatments for Depression/What will Happen if I tell my Doctor I am Depressed?
What is Anxiety?
What is Generalised Anxiety Disorder?
Positive and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Paranoia: Paranoid Schizophrenia, Persistent Delusional Disorder and Paranoid Personality Disorder
Bipolar Affective Disorder Explained
What is Autism?
Autistic Spectrum Disorder ICD-11 v ICD-10 v DSM-5
What is Panic Disorder?
What are Panic Attacks?
What is Mania?
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Anxious Avoidant Personality Disorder
Dependent Personality Disorder
Schizoid Personality Disorder
Anankastic Personality Disorder
Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
Dissocial Personality Disorder
Psychiatric Terminology:
Psychotic Disorders, Affective Disorders and Neurotic Disorders
What Happens When Somebody is Sectioned?
Current Mental Health Issues and News:
Suicides in Afghan Veterans
Coronavirus Panic
Coping with Coronavirus Anxiety
Coronavirus will Harm People's Mental Health
Loneliness
PTSD in COVID-19 NHS Staff
Eco-Anxiety
'Mini Versions', under 2 minutes long, of my videos include:
10 Symptoms of Depression
10 Tips for Self Help for Depression
Positive and Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia
Anxiety
Mania
Anxious Avoidant Personality Disorder
Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder
Anankastic Personality Disorder
Translated videos include:
Into Kurdish:
What is Anxiety?
10 Symptoms of Depression
Into Farsi:
What is Anxiety?
10 Symptoms of Depression
If you would like me to do videos on any other topics, or have any questions, please write a message in the comments section.