PDA – Rational Demand Avoidance

A DRAFT OF THE PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE – BELIEFS SCALE (PDA-BS).

30 Apr 20211 May 2021

A DRAFT OF THE PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE – BELIEFS SCALE (PDA-BS). Introduction. This blog post is an expanded debate entry I have started on Researchgate about a tool to assess…

28th OF APRIL 2021 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMEMA ARTICLES & CHAPTERS.

28th OF APRIL 2021 UPDATE TO THE LIST OF DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMEMA ARTICLES & CHAPTERS. Introduction. This is a quick update to the list articles and book chapters currently extant…

A collection of my recent twitter musings from the last few months.

A collection of my recent twitter musings from the last few months. Introduction. This is a short blog post to publish the pdfs of my recent thinking on twitter, since…

DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS IT A TRAUMA RESPONSE?

DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS IT A TRAUMA RESPONSE? Introduction. This is a short blog post to provide some updates on my current thinking on the nature of Demand Avoidance…

DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS IT A SELF-VALIDATION EXERCISE?

DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS IT A SELF-VALIDATION EXERCISE? Introduction. This is a short blog post to provide some updates on my current thinking on the nature of Demand Avoidance…

DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS ALL DEMAND AVOIDANCE IRRATIONAL & HOW USEFUL IS THE CONSTRUCT AT PLUGGING THE GAP CREATED BY THE DSM-5?

DEMAND AVOIDANCE PHENOMENA: IS ALL DEMAND AVOIDANCE IRRATIONAL & HOW USEFUL IS THE CONSTRUCT AT PLUGGING THE GAP CREATED BY THE DSM-5? Introduction. This is a short blog post…

DEMAND MANAGEMENT PHENOMENA AND ITS RELATION TO AUTISM: NOT ANOTHER DIAGRAM?

DEMAND MANAGEMENT PHENOMENA AND ITS RELATION TO AUTISM: NOT ANOTHER DIAGRAM? Introduction. This is a short blog post to update my current thinking on PDA and how it relates…

27TH OF JULY 2020 BLOG POST: LINKS TO MY RECENT TWITTER MUSINGS ON DEMAND MANAGEMENT PHENOMENA.

27 Jul 202027 Jul 2020

27TH OF JULY 2020 BLOG POST: LINKS TO MY RECENT TWITTER MUSINGS ON DEMAND MANAGEMENT PHENOMENA. Introduction. This is just a quick blog post to bring my current thinking…

RATIONAL (PATHOLOGICAL) DEMAND AVOIDANCE: AN ETHICAL CHALLENGE TO ITS ORTHODOXY.

25 Apr 202025 Apr 2020

RATIONAL (PATHOLOGICAL) DEMAND AVOIDANCE: AN ETHICAL CHALLENGE TO ITS ORTHODOXY. Introduction. This is a short essay I wrote in late 2018 on the ethics of Rational Demand Avoidance (RDA).…

CAN REINFORCEMENT BASED APPROACHES CAUSE BORDERINE PERSONALITY DISORDER IN PERSONS WITH PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE?

CAN REINFORCEMENT BASED APPROACHES CAUSE BORDELINE PERSONALITY DISORDER IN PERSONS WITH PATHOLOGICAL DEMAND AVOIDANCE? Introduction. This is the first of the few blog posts I will be producing over…