1. Dependent Personality Disorder ESTEFANI RODRIGUEZ PSYCHOLOGY PERIOD 1

2. Dependent Personality Disorder  In which people depend too much on others to meet their emotional and physical need.  Also known as asthenic personality disorder.

3. Associated Features  Thoughts:  Relationship as a source of care and support  Feelings:  Fear  Preoccupation with fears of being left.  Behavior:  Find someone else who will “take care” of them.

4. DSM-IV-TR  DSM-IV-TR  What are the symptoms of dependent personality disorder?  People with DPD become emotionally dependent on other people and spend great effort trying to please others. People with DPD tend to display needy, passive, and clinging behavior, and have a fear of separation. Other common characteristics of this personality disorder include the following:

5.  Inability to make decisions, even everyday decisions, without the advice and reassurance of others  Avoidance of personal responsibility; avoidance of jobs that require independent functioning and positions of responsibility  Intense fear of abandonment and a sense of devastation or helplessness when relationships end; often move right into another relationship when one ends

6. DSM IV TR  Over-sensitivity to criticism  Pessimism and lack of self-confidence, including a belief that they are unable to care for themselves  Avoidance of disagreeing with others for fear of losing support or approval  Inability to start projects  Difficulty being alone  Willingness to tolerate mistreatment and abuse from others  Placing the needs of their caregivers above their own  Tendency to be naïve and to live in fantasy

7. Etiology  What are the potential cause of the disorder?  Nurture  Attach to someone  Nature  “inborn biological tendency toward anxiety and pessimistic expectations”.  Note: One who has worries and pessimistic and has his/her parents strict to them then this is a way one can get a DPD.

8. Prevalence  How common is the disorder?  6- or 7-years-old and their continuation into young adulthood.  Common in both female n male

9. Treatment  Antidepressants, tranquilizers, and sedatives medication.  Psychotherapy: cognitive behavioral therapy.  Had provide structure ways for the client to practice increasing levels of independency in carrying out daily activities.

10. Prognosis  The prognosis of the disorder is if continue to adulthood then is probably that it will be difficult for an adult to leave home from his/her parents.  Some improvement.

11. Reference  Halgin, R.P. & Whitbourne, S.K. (2005). Abnormal Psychology: Clinical Perspectives on Psychology Disorders. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.  Myers, D.G. (2011) Myer’s Psychology for AP. New York, NY: Worth Publisher.  Ploskin, D. (2007). What Causes Dependent Personality Disorder?. Psych Central. Retrieved on April 19, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/what-causes- dependent-personality-disorde http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/what-causes- dependent-personality-disordehttp://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/what-causes- dependent-personality-disorde  Ploskin, D. (2007). Frequently Asked Questions about Dependent Personality Disorder. Psych Central. Retrieved on April 19, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/frequently-asked-questions-about-dependent- personality-disorder/ http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/frequently-asked-questions-about-dependent- personality-disorder/ http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/frequently-asked-questions-about-dependent- personality-disorder/  Disease and condition: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/personality_disorders/hic_dependent_pers onality_disorder.aspx  American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

12. Discussion Question  what are the ways to treat a dependent personality person?  What is the difference between dependent and needy?

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