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Are antidepressants mood stabilizers and antipsychotics used to treat personality disorders?
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People being treated for a personality disorder normally take medications if they are symptomatic. For example, a man with avoidant personality disorder might be prescribed antidepressant and/or benzodiazepines to help treat some of the distressing symptoms of the disorder such as social inhibitions, feelings of inadequacy, and avoidance of social interaction. The medications mat provide some relief of symptoms but the abnormal and detrimental thought pattern in not changed. Typically cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), talk therapy, group therapy, and gradual exposure therapy to people and to social situations are required to treat or at least control the problem.
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