There Is a Great Controversy Regarding the Classification Issue of the Personality

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Essay

There is a great controversy regarding the classification issue of the personality disorders. Explain what are seen as problems with the current classification system used in the DSM?

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Definitions:

Spectral Data

Information obtained from analyzing the spectrum of light absorbed, emitted, or scattered by materials, used in identifying chemical substances.

Splitting

In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, the division of a signal into multiple peaks due to interactions between nuclei with magnetic moments.

Relative Area

The proportion of a specific area or region relative to another, often discussed in comparing different parts of a graph or chromatographic peaks in analytical chemistry.

Coupling Constant

A parameter in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy that measures the interaction between spinning nuclei.