Editing Codependency (section)

==Controversy==
As codependency is not a diagnosable mental health condition, there is no medical consensus as to its definition,<ref name="advpsych" /> and no evidence that codependency is caused by a disease process,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Taboo topics in addiction treatment. An empirical review of clinical folklore. |year=1993 |last1=Chiauzzi |last2=Liljegren |journal=Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=303–316 |pmid=8315704 |doi=10.1016/0740-5472(93)90079-H }}</ref> the term becomes easily applicable to many behaviors and has been overused by some [[self-help]] authors and support communities.<ref name= kaminer>{{cite web |last1=Kaminer |first1=Wendy |year=1990 |title=Chances Are You're Codependent Too |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/11/books/chances-are-you-re-codependent-too.html }}</ref> In an article in ''[[Psychology Today]]'', clinician Kristi Pikiewicz suggested that the term ''codependency'' has been overused to the point of becoming a cliché, and labeling a patient as codependent can shift the focus on how their traumas shaped their current relationships.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pikiewicz |first1=Kristi |title="Codependent" No More? |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/meaningful-you/201307/codependent-no-more }}</ref>

Some scholars and treatment providers assert that codependency should be understood as a positive impulse gone awry, and challenge the idea that interpersonal behaviors should be conceptualized as addictions or<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fuller |first1=Julie A. |title=Family Stressors as Predictors of Codependency |journal=Genetic, Social and General Psychology Monographs |date=2000 |volume=126 |issue=1 |pages=5–24 |pmid=10713899 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12601697 |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref> diseases, as well as the pathologizing of personality characteristics associated with women.<ref name=Anderson>{{cite journal|last1=Anderson|first1=S.C.|title=A critical analysis of the concept of codependency|journal=Social Work|date=1994|volume=39|issue=6|pages=677–685|pmid=7992137}}</ref> A study of the characteristics associated with codependency found that non-codependency was associated with masculine character traits, while codependency was associated with negative feminine traits, such as being self-denying, self-sacrificing,
or displaying low self-esteem.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cowan |first1=Gloria |last2=Warren |first2=Lynda W. |title=Codependency and gender-stereotyped traits |journal=Sex Roles |date=May 1994 |volume=30 |issue=9–10 |pages=631–645 |doi=10.1007/BF01544667|s2cid=144130047 }}</ref>