Dr Drake Has Diagnosed a Person with a Personality Disorder

question 12

Multiple Choice

Dr. Drake has diagnosed a person with a personality disorder using the DSM-5 alternative model. We can assume that the ____.

• A) diagnosis is based on personality disorder types, or on ratings on the levels of personality functioning scale and personality trait domains
• B) diagnosis made was incremental; that is, the individual was rated as having mild to severe forms of a disorder
• C) diagnosed person's symptoms began after the age of 18
• D) diagnosed person's symptoms affect other people but not necessarily the individual or his or her social and occupational functioning

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Definitions:

Single Gene

A genetic locus responsible for a specific trait or disease, often considered in the context of Mendelian inheritance.

Multiple Effects

The phenomenon where a single cause leads to several different outcomes or impacts in a given context.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, quantified as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.

Male

A biological sex characterized by the production of small, mobile gametes, typically possessing XY chromosomes in many species.