Dependent Personality Disorder
Dependent personality disorder (DPD) is a type of anxious personality disorder. People with DPD often feel helpless, submissive or incapable of taking care of themselves. They may have trouble making simple decisions. But, with help, someone with a dependent personality can learn self-confidence and self-reliance.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W056
Diagnosis: Dependent Personality Disorder
US Patients:
World Patients:
Sex Ratio: M;W1.5
Age Onset: Age 24
Brain Area:
Symptoms: fear and anxiety leads to depending too much on others, pessimistic, fear separation
Progression: deep fear of abandonment, focus on ingratiating behaviors, and maintaining pleasant (often unhealthy) relationships
Causes: neglect and abusive authoritarian parents-80% heritable;
Medications:
Therapies: psychotherapy to improve self-esteem & confidence
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- Longitudinal pathways between suicidal ideation and life stressby Amanda A Uliaszek on January 11, 2023
While much research exists linking stress and suicidality in cross-sectional paradigms, little is known regarding the longitudinal interplay of stress and suicidality across time. In addition, less research exists on suicidal ideation - a transdiagnostic precursor to suicidal behavior. Two competing, though not mutually exclusive, explanations relate to stress exposure, where stress causes suicidal ideation, and stress generation, where suicidal ideation causes stress. The present study examined...
- The impact of personality traits on the course of frailtyby Elizabeth G T Bos on January 10, 2023
CONCLUSIONS: Personality traits have impact on frailty trajectories in later life.
- Understanding a Mutually Destructive Relationship Between Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder and Their Favorite Personby Hyorim Jeong on January 2, 2023
CONCLUSION: This study suggests that certain FPs, distinctively named Teddy Bear Person, may behave in a particular manner to increase the likelihood of the FP relationship becoming more destructive. Moreover, the rejection sensitivity model should be discussed to understand their dysfunctional interaction.
- Psychometric Properties of Persian Version of Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 for Personality Disordersby B Gharraee on December 29, 2022
CONCLUSION: The Persian version of the SCID-5-PD can be used to evaluate those who seek psychotherapy for all personality disorders, except for avoidant, dependent, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders.