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Mental Disorders > Personality Disorders > Dependent Personality Disorder

Preferred term

Dependent Personality Disorder  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dependent Personality Disorders
  • Disorder, Dependent Personality
  • Passive Dependent Personality
  • Passive-Dependent Personality
  • Personality Disorder, Dependent
  • Personality, Passive-Dependent

Scope note

  • A personality disorder characterized by a pervasive and excessive need to be taken care of that leads to submissive and clinging behavior and fears of separation, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

History note

  • 91(81); was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1981-90; was PASSIVE-DEPENDENT PERSONALITY see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1975-80

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003859

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