Dependent personality disorder occurs in about 0.5% of the general population.

Read about the symptoms, causes, and treatment for dependent personality disorder.

Smith's defense psychiatrist diagnosed her with dependent personality disorder and depression.

At this time, those include avoidant, obsessive-compulsive, and dependent personality disorders.

Dependent personality disorder: pervasive psychological dependence on other people.

People with a dependent personality disorder have an excessive need to be taken care of, which leads to their being overly submissive and clinging.

The following conditions commonly coexist (comorbid) with dependent personality disorder:

Psychologist Theodore Millon identified five adult subtypes of dependent personality disorder.

One of 11 children, Brown was borderline mentally retarded, suffered head trauma as a child, and a psychiatrist diagnosed her with dependent personality disorder.

Histrionic, narcissistic, and dependent personality disorders.

At one extreme is an ingrained, helpless need to be cared for - a stubborn problem that psychiatrists diagnose as dependent personality disorder.

Dependent Personality Disorder.

Dr. John Warren diagnosed chronic depression, alcohol abuse disorder, dependent personality disorder, and a reading disability.

Dependent personality disorder (DPD) is one of a group of conditions called anxious personality disorder.

The difference between a 'dependent personality' and a 'dependent personality disorder' is somewhat subjective, which makes diagnosis sensitive to cultural influences such as gender role expectations.

The DSM-IV-TR contains a Dependent Personality Disorder diagnosis.

Research also showed comorbidity between somatization disorder and personality disorder, especially antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, histrionic, avoidant, and dependent personality disorder.

Dependent personality disorder (DPD), formerly known as asthenic personality disorder, is a personality disorder that is characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people.

A study in 2007 found that OCPD is etiologically distinct from avoidant and dependent personality disorders, suggesting it is incorrectly categorized as a Cluster C disorder.

A meta-analysis found that Borderline, Paranoid, Schizotypal, Avoidant, and Dependent Personality disorders were each associated with substantial levels of neuroticism (correlations ranging from .28 to .49).

The Five Factor Model has been shown to significantly predict all ten personality-disorder symptoms and outperform the MMPI in the prediction of borderline, avoidant, and dependent personality disorder symptoms.

Cermak takes each criterion and points out how it relates to established DSM diseases (e.g., Dependent Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder).

Dr. J. Don Everhart, a clinical psychologist, testified that Basden has a dependent personality disorder; he is lacking in self-confidence and clings to stronger people, performing unpleasant tasks for them to retain their support.

Robert Bornstein, a professor of psychology, researched certain levels of dependency needs, as well as personality disorders related to dependency needs, including dependent personality disorder (DPD) and histrionic personality disorder (HPD).

The most common disorders found in individuals with BDD are avoidant personality disorder, social phobia, social anxiety disorder, borderline personality disorder and dependent personality disorder, which conforms to the introverted, shy and neurotic traits usually found in BDD sufferers.