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Originally Posted by christa
Most people don't have any idea about most PDs, let alone AvPD, so there is no reason to discuss it. I also suspect that this disorder is quite unusual. AvPd actually is at the end of a spectrum where shyness is at the exact opposite of the spectrum and social phobias are in the middle and AvPD is at the end.
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I had the impression that SP and AvPD were basically the same thing and the overlap was due to some kind of turf battle between psychiatrists. I'm not saying this to argue; you sound like you know more about the subject than I do.
There is supposed to be a lot of politics involved in the yearly revisions of the DSM. Ages ago, I skimmed through a book about how the DSM is compiled. It was written by a woman psychiatrist who was involved in the process until (she said) she got disgusted with the politics. The Psych Establishment claims she was just a disgruntled munchkin who was forced out for incompetence. There's no way to know the truth but it does seem strange how often the DSM changes...