Is couple therapy indicated for patients with dependent personality disorder?

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 63-79

  Links, Paul S ^a   Stockwell, Michelle ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment; Couple therapy; Dependent personality disorder; Indications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COUPLE THERAPY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREMATURE EJACULATION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 7444220587     PISSN: 08975353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J085v15n03_05     Document Type: Review

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