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sdfghj

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on: Jun 22, 2018
A large part of the justification for defining personality disorders as mental disorders is that they involve
 
  a. social dysfunction.
  b. significant personal distress.
  c. loss of contact with reality.
  d. significant risk of suicide.

Question 2

People diagnosed with a personality disorder exhibit behavior that is described as
 
  a. clustered and psychotic.
  b. inflexible and pervasive.
  c. acutely, not chronically problematic.
  d. more impaired than that associated with most other mental disorders.


lorealeza

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
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