Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Treatment Of Dependent Personality Disorder

As is the case with personality disorders, people with DPD generally do not seek treatment for the disease itself. Instead, they can seek treatment when a problem in their life, often resulting from thinking or behavior due to the illness becomes overwhelming, and they are no longer able to cope. People with DPD are prone to develop depression or anxiety and symptoms of these disorders may require the individual to seek help.

Psychotherapy (type of counseling) is the main method of treatment is the DPD. The goal of therapy is to help the person in the DPD become more active and independent, and learn how to forge healthy relationships with others. Short-term treatment of specific objectives is best, because the long-term treatment can lead to addiction therapist. Specific strategies might include assertiveness training to help the person DPD confidence.

The use of drugs could be used to treat people with DPD, which also suffer from depression or anxiety. However, drug therapy should be monitored carefully, because a person can become addicted to drugs or abuse.

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