LibGuides: Abnormal Psychology: Cluster C Disorders (Obsessive-Compulsive, Dependent, and Avoidant)

Cluster C Personality Disorders

Cluster C personality disorders are characterized by anxious/fearful thinking and behaviors. This includes obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, and avoidant personality disorder. It is important to note that obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is not the same as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). For more information on OCD, see Anxiety, OCD, and Trauma Disorders.

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Cluster C Disorders (Obsessive-Compulsive, Dependent, and Avoidant)

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder by Grant, J. E., Chamberlain, S. R., & Pinto, A.
ISBN: 1615372245
Publication Date: 2019
ProQuest Ebook Central

Altered spontaneous brain activity in obsessive-compulsive personality disorder by Hui, L., et al.
Comprehensive Psychiatry, (2020, January), Vol. 96.
Avoidant personality disorder: Current insights by Lampe, L., & Malhi, G. S.
Psychology Research & Behavior Management, (2018, March), Vol. 11, 55-66.
Avoidant personality disorder and social functioning: A longitudinal, observational study investigating predictors of change in a clinical sample by Kvarstein, E. H., et al.
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, (2021, November), 12(6), 594-605.
Avoidant personality disorder and social phobia: Does mindreading make the difference? by Pellecchia, G., et al.
Comprehensive Psychiatry, (2018, January), Vol. 80, 163-169.
Building the alliance and using experiential techniques in the early phases of psychotherapy for avoidant personality disorder by Centonze, A., et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, (2021, May), 77(5), 1219-1232.
Clarification-oriented psychotherapy of dependent personality disorder by Sachse, R., & Kramer, U.
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, (2019, March), 49(1), 15-25.
Combined group and individual therapy for patients with avoidant personality disorder - A pilot study by Wilberg, T., et al.
Frontiers in Psychiatry, (2023), Vol. 14, 1181686.
Comparing the interpersonal profiles of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and avoidant personality disorder: Are these homogenous profiles or interpersonal subtypes? by Solomonov, N., et al.
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, (2020, September), 11(5), 348-356.
The development of narrative identity in the psychodynamic treatment of avoidant personality disorder: A case study by Timberlake, A. F. V., & Fesel, D.
Frontiers in Psychiatry, (2023), Vol. 14.
The effectiveness of adapted schema therapy for cluster C personality disorders in older adults - integrating positive schemas by van Donzel, L., et al.
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, (2021), 100715.
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy in cluster C personality disorders by Ergin, E., & Alkar, Ö. Y.
Psikiyatride Guncel Yaklasimlar, (2022), 14(2), 185-194.
Examining the DSM-5 alternative model of personality disorders operationalization of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder in a mental health sample by Liggett, J., & Sellbom, M.
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, (2018, September), 9(5), 397-407.
Group schema therapy for patients with cluster-C personality disorders: A case study on avoidant personality disorder by Bachrach, N., & Arntz, A.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, (2021, May), 77(5), 1233-1248.
Incorporating narrative repair in the treatment of avoidant personality disorders: A case in point by Lind, M., Simonsen, S., & Dunlop, W. L.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, (2021, May), 77(5), 1176-1188.
Individual psychotherapy for cluster-C personality disorders: Protocol of a pragmatic RCT comparing short-term psychodynamic supportive psychotherapy, affect phobia therapy and schema therapy (I-FORCE) by Daniëls, M., et al.
Trials, (2023, April 5), 24(1), 1-21.
The intertwined path of perfectionism and self-criticism in a client with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder by Cheli, S., et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, (2020, November), 76(11), 2055-2066.
Intolerance of uncertainty and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder by Wheaton, M. G., & Ward, H. E.
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, (2020, September), 11(5), 357-364.
Is obsessive-compulsive personality disorder related to stress-related exhaustion? by Gulin, S., et al.
Brain & Behavior, (2021, June), 11(6), 1-11.
Is the alternative model for personality disorders able to capture avoidant personality disorder according to Section II of the DSM-5? A systematic review. by Hummelen, B., Ulltveit-Moe Eikenæs, I., & Wilberg, T.
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, (2022, July), 13(4), 412-417.
Metacognitive interpersonal therapy for personality disorders: The case of a man with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and avoidant personality disorder by Gordon-King, K., Schweitzer, R. D., & Dimaggio, G.
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, (2019, March), 49(1), 39-47.
Psychotherapy of dependent personality disorder: The relationship of patient-therapist interactions to outcome by Maccaferri, G. E., et al.
Psychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes, (2020), 83(2), 179-194.
Struggling to be a person: Lived experience of avoidant personality disorder by Sørensen, K. D., et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, (2019, April), 75(4), 664-680.
Subjective experience of the origin and development of avoidant personality disorder by Sørensen, K. D., et al.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, (2020, December), 76(12), 2232-2248.

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
(MedlinePlus) Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a mental condition in which a person is preoccupied with: Rules; Orderliness; Control
Obsessive compulsive personality disorder (OCPD)
(OCD-UK) Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) sound the same, and are often confused and mistakenly interchanged as being the same illness, but not withstanding similar names, they are in fact two separate conditions. Whilst OCD is considered an anxiety disorder, OCPD, as the name suggests, is actually a personality disorder. It’s also possible to suffer from both OCD and OCPD simultaneously.
Dependent personality disorder
(MedlinePlus) Dependent personality disorder is a mental condition in which people depend too much on others to meet their emotional and physical needs.
Avoidant personality disorder
(MedlinePlus) Avoidant personality disorder is a mental condition in which a person has a lifelong pattern of feeling very: Shy; Inadequate; and Sensitive to rejection.

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