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Codependency

In psychology, codependency is a theory that attempts to explain imbalanced relationships where one person enables another person's self-destructive behavior, such as addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achievement.

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Codependency

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Codependency

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related to Further reading · 27
Codependency → Beattie, Charles, Child Within, Co-Dependents Anonymous, CoDA Resource Publishing, Codependent No More, Conquering Shame, Darlene, Freeing, Grau, Hazelden, Healing, Health Communications, How, Inc, ISBN, Lancer, Melody, Phoenix, Spiegel
related to Definition · 8
Codependency → Diagnostic, Disease, DSM, ICD, International Classification, It, Mental Disorders, Statistical Manual
related to history · 8
Codependency → Cermak, Diagnosing, In, In Alcoholics Anonymous, Minnesota, The, Timmen, Treating Co-Dependence
related to Relationship with other disorders · 7
Codependency → Among, Borderline, BPD, DSM, ICD, Narcissistic, The
related to Controversy · 5
Codependency → As, In, Kristi Pikiewicz, Psychology Today, Some
related to Recovery and prognosis · 4
Codependency → Caring, Individuals, The, With
related to Romantic relationships · 4
Codependency → Codependent, One, There, Under
related to Theories · 2
Codependency → According, It
is a · 1
Codependency → theory that attempts to explain imbalanced relationships where one person enables another person's self-destructive behavior

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Codependencyrelated to DefinitionDiagnostic0.60section
Codependencyrelated to DefinitionStatistical Manual0.60section
Codependencyrelated to DefinitionMental Disorders0.60section
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