Co-dependency : implications for women and therapy

Due perhaps to the alcoholism treatment industry's need to find a diagnosable, treatable illness, or due perhaps to society's tendency to blame the victim, especially the female victim, the co-dependency label is now flung about with wild abandon. The present article looks at this label an...

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Published in:Women & therapy 1989-01, Vol.8 (4), p.51-63
Main Author: VAN WORMER, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Disease
Drug abuse
Health
Illnesses
Medical sciences
Mental disorders
Preventive medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social conditions & trends
Society
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Summary:Due perhaps to the alcoholism treatment industry's need to find a diagnosable, treatable illness, or due perhaps to society's tendency to blame the victim, especially the female victim, the co-dependency label is now flung about with wild abandon. The present article looks at this label and draws from popular and scholarly literature to show that the concept of co-dependency should be withdrawn.
ISSN:0270-3149
1541-0315