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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- Unveiling the organizational impact of dependent personality disorder: Insights from a large-scale multi-sector studyby Ömer Alperen Onay on February 20, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: In addition, it was found that DPD showed statistically significant differences according to the organizational role, managerial position, and sector. The results are discussed in terms of possible causes and organizational effects.
- A Systematic Review on the Role of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists on Alcohol-Related Behaviors: Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Alcohol Use Disorderby Yang Jing Zheng on February 19, 2025
INTRODUCTION: Extant literature implicates the role of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) on modulating alcohol-associated behaviors, with a particular emphasis of these agents on neural circuits subserving reward and appetite control. Herein, we explore the potential effects of GLP-1RAs on alcohol-associated behaviors in brain regions implicated in reward processing facilitating the repurposing of these agents for the treatment and prevention of problematic...
- Using the alternative model of personality disorders for DSM-5 traits to identify personality types, and the relationship with disordered eating, depression, anxiety and stressby Tanya Gilmartin on February 7, 2025
CONCLUSIONS: Pathological personality traits, as conceptualised within the DSM-5 alternative model of personality disorders may have merit for identifying overcontrol and undercontrol personality types. Our findings provide additional evidence that both overcontrol and undercontrol personality types are associated with increased eating pathology, depression, anxiety and stress.
- Development and validation of the Women Autonomy Scale for measuring psychosocial freedom from conventional gender rolesby Waqar Husain on January 30, 2025
CONCLUSION: The WAS is a reliable and valid instrument for comprehensively assessing women's autonomy. It addresses limitations of previous measures and provides a robust tool for research and policymaking aimed at promoting gender equality and women's empowerment.