Ep 66: Dependent Personality Disorder | The 8 DSM Criteria

🎬In this episode of the Personality Couch Podcast, we (licensed clinical psychologists Doc Bok and Doc Fish) explore dependent personality disorder, which is characterized by a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of, resulting in submissiveness and clinging behavior. Individuals with this disorder often fear separation and rely heavily on others for decision-making. We further explore the brief history of this disorder, as well as overdiagnosis in women and in Western societies that value independence above connectedness.

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Additional Podcast References

• American Psychiatric Association. (1968). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-II (2nd ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890420355.dsm-ii Blaney, P. H., Krueger, R. F., Millon, T. (Eds.). (2014). Oxford textbook of psychopathology (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
• Millon, T. (2011). Disorders of personality: Introducing a DSM / ICD spectrum from normal to abnormal (3rd edition). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.