Timmen Cermak is an American psychiatrist known for his work on codependent personality types.[1] He is in private practice in San Francisco and Marin County with a focus on addictions.[2]
He proposed that codependency be listed as a personality disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.[3] Cermak reasoned that when specific personality traits become excessive and maladaptive and caused significant impairment in functioning or caused significant distress, it warrants a personality disorder diagnosis.[4]
Education
- B.A., Philosophy, Ohio Wesleyan University
- M.D., Case Western Reserve University[2]
Certifications
- Diploma, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Certificate of Added Qualification in Addiction Psychiatry
- Certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine[2]
References
- ↑ Harkness, D. (January–March 2001). "Testing Cermak's hypothesis: Is dissociation the mediating variable that links substance abuse in the family of origin with offspring codependency?". Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 33 (1): 75–82. doi:10.1080/02791072.2001.10400471. PMID 11333004. S2CID 7462731.
- 1 2 3 Timmen L. Cermak, M.D. -- Hazelden
- ↑ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd, text rev. ed.). American Psychiatric Association. 1987.
- ↑ Cermak, Timmen L. (January–March 1986). "Diagnostic Criteria for Codependency". Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 18 (1): 15–20. doi:10.1080/02791072.1986.10524475. PMID 3701499.
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