Dependent Personality Disorders

Persons with this disorder rely heavily on others for validation and fulfillment of basic needs. Often unable to properly care for themselves, persons with dependent personality disorder lack self confidence and security, and are deficient in making decisions.

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• BehaveNet Clinical Capsule - Dependent Personality Disorder - The DSM IV-TR diagnostic criteria of the disorder and recommended literature.
  
• How do I Tell if Something is Codependency or Good Helping? - A list of 'touchstones' for how to figure out when giving is positive or negative. By Geri Weitzman, PhD, a licensed psychologist in San Francisco, California.
  
• Dependent Personality Disorder - American and European diagnostic criteria. Includes treatment options.
  
• Codependents Anonymous - Official CoDA website for Australia and New Zealand.
  
• About Codependency - Presents signs, symptoms, addictions, recovery, and treatment.
  
• Codependency & Recovery from Codependent Relationships - Provides an overview with questions and answers.
  
• Codependent Love Pages - The difference between love and infatuation and why codependent people are inclined to get into abusive relationships.
  
• The Inverted Codependent - Preferences toward narcissists and psychopaths. Includes symptoms, characterology, and coping advice.
  
  

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