What is dependent personality disorder?

Dependent personality disorder is characterized by pervasive patterns of dependent, passive, and submissive behavior.

How do members experience dependent personality disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with dependent personality disorder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for dependent personality disorder*

Who has dependent personality disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 9
30s 43
40s 38
50s 25
60s 20
70+ 8

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 32
Female 109