Timmen L. Cermak
Timmen Cermak is an American psychiatrist who focuses on addiction medicine. He is in private practice in San Francisco and Marin County.[1][2]
In the 1980s, Timmen unsuccessfully proposed that codependency be listed as a personality disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.[3]
Education
- B.A., Philosophy, Ohio Wesleyan University
- M.D., Case Western Reserve University
Certifications
- Diploma, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- Certificate of Added Qualification in Addiction Psychiatry
- Certified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine
References
- ^ "Timmen L. Cermak MD". Psychology Today. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.