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Mary has been married for 20 years and describes how her husband has been verbally abusive toward her for most of that time. She indicates that her husband has had multiple affairs with other women but she can't leave him because she loves and needs him.. When challenged by the interviewer regarding the wisdom of staying with such a man, Mary agrees with the interviewer, although she later confides that she always agrees with everyone to avoid conflict and disapproval. Mary should be diagnosed with ________ personality disorder.
 
  a. avoidant
 b. histrionic
 c. dependent
  d. borderline

Question 2

Harold lives with his mother with whom he is very close and agrees with everything she says. When he started seeing a young woman and the relationship became serious, his mother convinced him that his girlfriend was not good enough for him, so Harold stopped the relationship. He has two close friends who have been his friend since they met in kindergarten. Whenever they do something, it is always one of his friends who decides what they do. Harold just follows along. Harold likely suffers from _______________ personality disorder.
 
  a. Dependent
  b. Avoidant
 c. Schizoid
 d. Histrionic



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Cnarkel

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a




BrownTown3

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


rachel

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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