The Categorical Approach to Personality Disorders Assumes That

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Multiple Choice

The categorical approach to personality disorders assumes that:

• A) problematic personality traits are either present or absent.
• B) personality disorders are best understood on a continuum based on severity of symptoms.
• C) individuals can turn their symptoms off and on like a light switch.
• D) children as well as adults should be diagnosed with personality disorders.

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Definitions:

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A severe form of dissociation, a mental process that produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memory, and sense of identity.

Separate Personalities

Refers to the presence of two or more distinct personality states or identities in an individual, commonly associated with dissociative identity disorder.