Author Question: Epidemiologists have a difficult time pinning down the prevalence of personality disorders because ... (Read 78 times)

dakota nelson · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Epidemiologists have a difficult time pinning down the prevalence of personality disorders because

a. there is considerable overlap among categories in these disorders.
b. there are too many dimensions to be measured.
c. there is no agreement on the criteria for personality disorders.
d. they are so rare.

Question 2

Comparing borderline and antisocial personality disorders using the dimensional approach shows the two disorders are distinguished by the fact that a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder would also include

a. high levels of traits involving negative affectivity.
b. high levels of traits involving psychoticism.
c. high levels of traits involving detachment.
d. high levels of traits involving antagonism.