Co-Dependency is often associated with Self Help authors and 1980s treatment centres but there has been ongoing psychological research into this disorder often linking it with attachment styles in the aetiology of addictive behaviours.

This page will link to different blogs and articles which have demonstrated that co-dependency can play an important role in later addictive behaviours.

Becoming emotionally  mute: The psychology of co-dependency.

It’s Only Love When It Hurts!

Family stressors as predictors of codependency