What weakness has been identified with using a sole categorical ...

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What weakness has been identified with using a sole categorical approach to diagnosing personality disorders?
 
  a. Categorical diagnoses are based on arbitrary diagnosis thresholds and use an all-or-nothing classification.
 b. Diagnosticians show low reliability in being able to diagnose whether a client has a personality disorder.
 c. Personality disorders seem to be based on professional opinion.
 d. The boundaries used to determine normal personality features make it too difficult to distinguish between appropriate and pathological levels of personality traits

Question 2

A psychologist would likely state that DSM-5 criteria for diagnosing ____ include intense fluctuations in mood, self-image, and interpersonal relationships..
 
  a. paranoid personality disorder
 b. borderline personality disorder
  c. narcissistic personality disorder
  d. histrionic personality disorder

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b