Question

While penny is undergoing chemotherapy to treat her leukemia, she depends totally on her daughter to care for her, drive her to appointments, do her shopping, cleaning, and other household chores. according to the dsm-5, does penny meet the criteria for dependent personality disorder?​?

Answer 1

No, not if the dependence is a temporary condition rather than pervasive.

To be characterized as dependent personality disorder, the patient shouldn't be able to do even the smallest actions without the help of other people (such as not having enough strength to lift a spoon to eat, unable to change their own clothes, etc)