What is Dependent Personality Disorder?
What is Dependent Personality Disorder?
- Dependent Personality Disorder: A personality disorder that can be characterised by an excessive need to be taken care of.
Dependent Personality Disorder: Introduction
Types of Dependent Personality Disorder:
Broader types of Dependent Personality Disorder:
What causes Dependent Personality Disorder?
Causes of Dependent Personality Disorder: see causes of Dependent Personality Disorder
What are the symptoms of Dependent Personality Disorder?
Symptoms of Dependent Personality Disorder:
see symptoms of Dependent Personality Disorder
Dependent Personality Disorder: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Dependent Personality Disorder.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Dependent Personality Disorder.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Dependent Personality Disorder:
see treatments for Dependent Personality Disorder
Research for Dependent Personality Disorder:
see research for Dependent Personality Disorder
Society issues for Dependent Personality Disorder
Hospitalization statistics for Dependent Personality Disorder:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Dependent Personality Disorder:
- 0.002% (274) of hospital consultant episodes were for dependent personality disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 92% of hospital consultant episodes for dependent personality disorder required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 35% of hospital consultant episodes for dependent personality disorder were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 65% of hospital consultant episodes for dependent personality disorder were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 72% of hospital consultant episodes for dependent personality disorder required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Dependent Personality Disorder:
Organs and body systems related to Dependent Personality Disorder include:
Name of Dependent Personality Disorder
Main name of condition: Dependent Personality Disorder
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