What are the treatments for avoidant personality disorder?

What are the treatments for avoidant personality disorder?

Rhoda Hahn (Psychiatrist) gives expert video advice on: What is "avoidant personality disorder"?; What are the signs of avoidant personality disorder?; What causes avoidant personality disorder? and more...

Again, there's no treatment specifically for the avoidant personality disorder itself. However, since these patients are prone to lots of anxiety and depression, they should certainly be treated in the standard way to help deal with these feelings. A small dose of a beta-blocker might be helpful to relieve any anticipatory anxiety. Beta-blockers, in small doses, help to lower anxiety levels in daily life and allow suffers of avoidant personality disorder to cope a little better.