TY - JOUR
T1 - Avoidant personality disorder and taijin kyoufu
T2 - Sociocultural implications of the WHO/ADAMHA International Study of Personality Disorders in Japan
AU - Ono, Y.
AU - Yoshimura, K.
AU - Sueoka, R.
AU - Yamauchi, K.
AU - Mizushima, H.
AU - Momose, T.
AU - Nakamura, K.
AU - Okonogi, K.
AU - Asai, M.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - This paper discusses the characteristics of avoidant personality disorder in a cultural context based on the Japanese concept of taijin kyoufu as well as that of DSM-III-R and DSM-IV social phobia. Sixty-six patients were given the International Personality Disorder Examination and questionnaires including the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Among the 23 DSM-III-R personality disorder patients, 8 patients were diagnosed as having avoidant personality disorder. Six of them were suffering from taijin kyoufu symptoms. Among 27 ICD personality disorder patients, 22 patients were diagnosed as having ICD anxious personality disorder. All DSM avoidant patients were included in the ICD anxious group. These findings suggest that patients with avoidant personality disorder have had a long history of difficulties and share common personality problems with a milder form of taijin kyoufu, which is conceptually different from social phobia.
AB - This paper discusses the characteristics of avoidant personality disorder in a cultural context based on the Japanese concept of taijin kyoufu as well as that of DSM-III-R and DSM-IV social phobia. Sixty-six patients were given the International Personality Disorder Examination and questionnaires including the Beck Anxiety Inventory. Among the 23 DSM-III-R personality disorder patients, 8 patients were diagnosed as having avoidant personality disorder. Six of them were suffering from taijin kyoufu symptoms. Among 27 ICD personality disorder patients, 22 patients were diagnosed as having ICD anxious personality disorder. All DSM avoidant patients were included in the ICD anxious group. These findings suggest that patients with avoidant personality disorder have had a long history of difficulties and share common personality problems with a milder form of taijin kyoufu, which is conceptually different from social phobia.
KW - anxiety
KW - anxious personality disorder
KW - avoidant personality disorder
KW - social phobia
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb10626.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb10626.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 8739661
AN - SCOPUS:0029880786
VL - 93
SP - 172
EP - 176
JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
SN - 0001-690X
IS - 3
ER -
