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Dependent Personality Disorder : Causes

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  • No known cause

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Dependent personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder usually begins in childhood. However, the cause of this disorder is unknown.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 17, 2008
Dependent Personality Disorder
A child may also exhibit dependent behavior in response to a specific stressful life event(such as the death of a caregiver or a divorce). However, it should not be considered a potential symptom of dependent personality disorder unless the behavi...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Dependent personality disorder
Caretakers may foster dependence in the child to meet their own dependency needs, and may reward extreme loyalty but reject attempts the child makes towards independence. Families of those with dependent personality disorder are often do not expre...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
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