Dependence and psychotherapy--developmental considerations.
This article illustrates how the assessment of the level and degree of dependency in psychotherapy can be used as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Dependency varies with the stage of psychosexual development, with the degree and state of illness, and with the stage of treatment. Appropriate monitoring of this factor promotes optimal growth potential in the patient.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000150:complications; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications; D001010:Anxiety, Separation; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008426:Maternal Deprivation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012557:Schizoid Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications; D014167:Transference, Psychology