Timmen Cermak is an American psychiatrist known for his work on codependent personality types. He is in private practice in San Francisco and Marin County with a focus on addictions. He proposed that

codependency In psychology, codependency is a theory that attempts to explain imbalanced relationships where one person enables another person's self-destructive behavior, such as addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-ach ...

be listed as a personality disorder in the

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders The ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'' (''DSM''; latest edition: ''DSM-5-TR'', published in March 2022) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a com ...

. 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.

Education

*B.A., Philosophy,

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*M.D.,

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a Private university, private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1967 by a merger between Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. Case ...

Timmen L. Cermak, M.D. -- Hazelden
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Certifications

*Diploma, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology *Certificate of Added Qualification in Addiction Psychiatry *Certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine

References

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