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Patient has been 'quite good with her' for 11 years. He is still not sure. He has been called 'him' and 'he' and, on one occasion, 'your husband' in his presence.
Plateau. Approval stabilizes at polite tolerance and does not advance.
Keep showing up. Bring the wine she mentioned. Do not correct anything.
Patients with Chronic Mother-in-Law Approval-Seeking typically present with some or all of the following:
This is the Institute's entry for Chronic Mother-in-Law Approval-Seeking — a chronic condition cataloged for archival purposes and shared for patient use. No prescription exists. No intervention has been shown effective. Recognition is the primary benefit of diagnosis.
Formal name: Matronalis externa approbatio quaesitio. Not found in the DSM-5 or ICD-11. Found, routinely, in the patient population.
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