title: Co-dependency. Assessment and recovery.
abstract: Co-dependency involves a particular system of thinking, feeling, and behaving toward ourselves and others that often causes emotional pain and leads to low self-esteem. Co-dependent behaviors are self-destructive. A process of recovery from these self-defeating behaviors is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Willowbrook Hospital, Waxahachie, Texas.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Zerwekh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Michaels
mesh_terms: D003859:Dependent Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006117:Grief; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012648:Self Care; D012649:Self Concept; D012752:Shame