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Dependent personality disorder

MedGen UID:
4225
•Concept ID:
C0011548
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Dependent Personality Disorder; Dependent Personality Disorders; Disorder, Dependent Personality; Passive Dependent Personality; Passive-Dependent Personality; Personality Disorder, Dependent; Personality, Passive-Dependent
SNOMED CT: Dependent personality disorder (84466009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001157

Definition

A disorder characterized by an enduring pattern of an extreme need to be taken care of together with fear of separation that lead the individual to urgently seek out and submit to another person and allow that person to make decisions that impact all areas of the individual''s life. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDependent personality disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Latent structure of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition personality disorder criteria.
Nestadt G, Hsu FC, Samuels J, Bienvenu OJ, Reti I, Costa PT Jr, Eaton WW
Compr Psychiatry 2006 Jan-Feb;47(1):54-62. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.03.005. PMID: 16324903
Pathology versus statistical infrequency: potential sources of gender bias in personality disorder criteria.
Anderson KG, Sankis LM, Widiger TA
J Nerv Ment Dis 2001 Oct;189(10):661-8. doi: 10.1097/00005053-200110000-00002. PMID: 11708666
The effect of social change on causal beliefs of mental disorders and treatment preferences in Ghana.
Lamensdorf Ofori-Atta AM, Linden W
Soc Sci Med 1995 May;40(9):1231-42. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00248-r. PMID: 7610429

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Associations between personality disorders and cannabis use and cannabis use disorder: a population-based twin study.
Gillespie NA, Aggen SH, Neale MC, Knudsen GP, Krueger RF, South SC, Czajkowski N, Nesvåg R, Ystrom E, Kendler KS, Reichborn-Kjennerud T
Addiction 2018 Aug;113(8):1488-1498. Epub 2018 Apr 13 doi: 10.1111/add.14209. PMID: 29500852Free PMC Article
Unhealthy dependency in victims and perpetrators of child maltreatment: A meta-analytic review.
Kane FA, Bornstein RF
J Clin Psychol 2018 Jun;74(6):867-882. Epub 2017 Oct 17 doi: 10.1002/jclp.22550. PMID: 29044519
Illuminating a neglected clinical issue: societal costs of interpersonal dependency and dependent personality disorder.
Bornstein RF
J Clin Psychol 2012 Jul;68(7):766-81. Epub 2012 May 23 doi: 10.1002/jclp.21870. PMID: 22623345
The heritability of avoidant and dependent personality disorder assessed by personal interview and questionnaire.
Gjerde LC, Czajkowski N, Røysamb E, Orstavik RE, Knudsen GP, Ostby K, Torgersen S, Myers J, Kendler KS, Reichborn-Kjennerud T
Acta Psychiatr Scand 2012 Dec;126(6):448-57. Epub 2012 Apr 6 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2012.01862.x. PMID: 22486635Free PMC Article
Dependent personality disorder and physical abuse.
Loas G, Cormier J, Perez-Diaz F
Psychiatry Res 2011 Jan 30;185(1-2):167-70. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.06.011. PMID: 20537714

Diagnosis

Relationship between alexithymia and dependent personality disorder: a dimensional analysis.
Loas G, Baelde O, Verrier A
Psychiatry Res 2015 Feb 28;225(3):484-8. Epub 2014 Dec 9 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.062. PMID: 25529260
Dependent personality disorder: a critical review.
Disney KL
Clin Psychol Rev 2013 Dec;33(8):1184-96. Epub 2013 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.10.001. PMID: 24185092
Rethinking dependent personality disorder: comparing different human relatedness in cultural contexts.
Chen Y, Nettles ME, Chen SW
J Nerv Ment Dis 2009 Nov;197(11):793-800. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181be76ae. PMID: 19996716
Active dependency.
Bornstein RF
J Nerv Ment Dis 1995 Feb;183(2):64-77. doi: 10.1097/00005053-199502000-00002. PMID: 7844580
Hysteria.
Reed JL
Br J Psychiatry 1975;Spec No 9:141-9. PMID: 1102011

Therapy

Association Between Personality Traits and Onabotulinumtoxin A Response in Patients With Chronic Migraine.
Gonzalez-Martinez A, Rodríguez Vázquez E, de la Red Gallego H, García-Azorín D, Gallego de La Sacristana M, Guerrero Peral ÁL, Gago-Veiga AB
Headache 2020 Jan;60(1):153-161. Epub 2019 Nov 6 doi: 10.1111/head.13693. PMID: 31691958
Influence of dependent personality status on the outcome and health service costs of health anxiety.
Tyrer H, Tyrer P, Barrett B
Int J Soc Psychiatry 2013 May;59(3):274-80. Epub 2012 Mar 19 doi: 10.1177/0020764012438483. PMID: 22433246
Assumptions in borderline personality disorder: specificity, stability and relationship with etiological factors.
Arntz A, Dietzel R, Dreessen L
Behav Res Ther 1999 Jun;37(6):545-57. doi: 10.1016/s0005-7967(98)00152-1. PMID: 10372468
Personality disorder comorbidity with major depression and response to treatment with sertraline or citalopram.
Ekselius L, von Knorring L
Int Clin Psychopharmacol 1998 Sep;13(5):205-11. doi: 10.1097/00004850-199809000-00003. PMID: 9817625
Pharmacotherapy of personality disorders: conceptual framework and clinical strategies.
Gitlin MJ
J Clin Psychopharmacol 1993 Oct;13(5):343-53. PMID: 8227492

Prognosis

Psychotherapy of Dependent Personality Disorder: The Relationship of Patient-Therapist Interactions to Outcome.
Maccaferri GE, Dunker-Scheuner D, De Roten Y, Despland JN, Sachse R, Kramer U
Psychiatry 2020 Summer;83(2):179-194. Epub 2019 Oct 15 doi: 10.1080/00332747.2019.1675376. PMID: 31614097
Associations between personality disorders and cannabis use and cannabis use disorder: a population-based twin study.
Gillespie NA, Aggen SH, Neale MC, Knudsen GP, Krueger RF, South SC, Czajkowski N, Nesvåg R, Ystrom E, Kendler KS, Reichborn-Kjennerud T
Addiction 2018 Aug;113(8):1488-1498. Epub 2018 Apr 13 doi: 10.1111/add.14209. PMID: 29500852Free PMC Article
Relationship between alexithymia and dependent personality disorder: a dimensional analysis.
Loas G, Baelde O, Verrier A
Psychiatry Res 2015 Feb 28;225(3):484-8. Epub 2014 Dec 9 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.062. PMID: 25529260
Dependent personality disorder and physical abuse.
Loas G, Cormier J, Perez-Diaz F
Psychiatry Res 2011 Jan 30;185(1-2):167-70. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.06.011. PMID: 20537714
Hysteria.
Reed JL
Br J Psychiatry 1975;Spec No 9:141-9. PMID: 1102011

Clinical prediction guides

Dependent personality, separation anxiety disorder and other anxiety disorders in OCD.
Mroczkowski MM, Goes FS, Riddle MA, Grados MA, Bienvenu OJ, Greenberg BD, Fyer AJ, McCracken JT, Rauch SL, Murphy DL, Knowles JA, Piacentini J, Cullen B, Rasmussen SA, Pauls DL, Nestadt G, Samuels J
Personal Ment Health 2016 Feb;10(1):22-8. Epub 2015 Nov 5 doi: 10.1002/pmh.1321. PMID: 26542617
Relationship between alexithymia and dependent personality disorder: a dimensional analysis.
Loas G, Baelde O, Verrier A
Psychiatry Res 2015 Feb 28;225(3):484-8. Epub 2014 Dec 9 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.11.062. PMID: 25529260
Dependent personality disorder and physical abuse.
Loas G, Cormier J, Perez-Diaz F
Psychiatry Res 2011 Jan 30;185(1-2):167-70. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.06.011. PMID: 20537714
Interpersonal dependency in borderline personality disorder: clinical context and empirical evidence.
Bornstein RF, Becker-Matero N, Winarick DJ, Reichman AL
J Pers Disord 2010 Feb;24(1):109-27. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2010.24.1.109. PMID: 20205501
The dependent personality: developmental, social, and clinical perspectives.
Bornstein RF
Psychol Bull 1992 Jul;112(1):3-23. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.112.1.3. PMID: 1529038

Recent systematic reviews

Prevalence of personality disorders in the general adult population in Western countries: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Volkert J, Gablonski TC, Rabung S
Br J Psychiatry 2018 Dec;213(6):709-715. Epub 2018 Sep 28 doi: 10.1192/bjp.2018.202. PMID: 30261937
Interpersonal dependency in borderline personality disorder: clinical context and empirical evidence.
Bornstein RF, Becker-Matero N, Winarick DJ, Reichman AL
J Pers Disord 2010 Feb;24(1):109-27. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2010.24.1.109. PMID: 20205501

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