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cluster C personality disorder
Axis 1: cluster A: anxious or fearful behaviors
Classification:
1) avoidant personality disorder
2) dependent personality disorder
3) obsessive-compulsive disorder
Management:
- assess for & treat underlying mental illness
- depression
- panic attack
- anxiety disorder
- schedule regular visits rather than PRN
- use case managers to solicit needs of avoidant patients & to provide extra reassurance & attendance to needs of dependent & obsessive-compulsive patients
Specific
avoidant personality disorder
dependent personality disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
General
personality disorder
References
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 7th edition
Parada JT et al (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2010
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8)
Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2013
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9)
Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2016
- Morse JQ, Pilkonis PA, Houck PR, Frank E, Reynolds CF 3rd.
Impact of cluster C personality disorders on outcomes of acute
and maintenance treatment in late-life depression.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2005 Sep;13(9):808-14.
PMID: 16166411