Search
Descriptor English: Dependent Personality Disorder
Descriptor Spanish: Trastorno de Personalidad Dependiente
Descriptor trastorno de personalidad dependiente
Entry term(s) personalidad pasiva-dependiente
Scope note: Trastorno de la personalidad caracterizado por intensa y excesiva necesidad de ser atendido que da lugar a una conducta sumisa y dependiente con miedo a la separación, que comienza al principio de la vida adulta y se presenta en diversos contextos. (DSM-IV).
Descriptor Portuguese: Transtorno da Personalidade Dependente
Descriptor French: Trouble de la personnalité dépendante
Entry term(s): Dependent Personality Disorders
Disorder, Dependent Personality
Passive Dependent Personality
Passive-Dependent Personality
Personality Disorder, Dependent
Personality, Passive-Dependent
Tree number(s): F03.675.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003859
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)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1981-90; was PASSIVE-DEPENDENT PERSONALITY see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1975-80
Online Note: use DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER to search PASSIVE-DEPENDENT PERSONALITY 1975-80
History Note: 91(81); was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1981-90; was PASSIVE-DEPENDENT PERSONALITY see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1975-80
Entry Version: DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DIS
DeCS ID: 3879
Unique ID: D003859
NLM Classification: WM 190.5.D3
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 1999/11/03
Dependent Personality Disorder - Preferred
Concept UI M0006023
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)
Preferred term Dependent Personality Disorder
Entry term(s) Dependent Personality Disorders
Disorder, Dependent Personality
Passive Dependent Personality
Passive-Dependent Personality
Personality Disorder, Dependent
Personality, Passive-Dependent



We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website

We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.

Go to survey