A Disorder in Which a Person Loses Contact with Reality

question 46

Multiple Choice

A disorder in which a person loses contact with reality and experiences irrational ideas and disordered perceptions is a

• A) phobia.
• B) dissociation.
• C) psychosis.
• D) bulimia nervosa.

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Definitions:

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