The Suggestion That Dissociative Identity Disorder Symptoms Are Created as Defenses

question 36

Multiple Choice

The suggestion that dissociative identity disorder symptoms are created as defenses against the anxiety caused by one's own unacceptable impulses best illustrates the

• A) psychodynamic perspective.
• B) biopsychosocial approach.
• C) medical model.
• D) social-cognitive perspective.

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Paths

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