Before revision: In an early attempt to define codependency as a diagnosable disorder, psychiatrist Timmen Cermak wrote , "Co-dependence is a recognisable pattern of personality traits, predictably found within most members of chemically dependent families, which are capable of creating sufficient dysfunction to warrant the diagnosis of Mixed Personality Disorder as outlined in DSM III."
After revision: In an early attempt to define codependency as a diagnosable disorder, psychiatrist Timmen Cermak proposed , "Co-dependence is a recognizable pattern of personality traits, predictably found within most members of chemically dependent families, which are capable of creating sufficient dysfunction to warrant the diagnosis of Mixed Personality Disorder as outlined in DSM III."