Clinicians Who Have Criticized the Way DSM-5 Classifies Personality Disorders

question 53

Multiple Choice

Clinicians who have criticized the way DSM-5 classifies personality disorders view personality disorders as extremes of normal personality rather than as which of the following?

• A)impaired functioning
• B)medical conditions
• C)biologically based traits
• D)separate categories of disorders

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