A Personality Disorder Characterized by Marked Instability in Self-Image, Mood

question 9

Multiple Choice

A personality disorder characterized by marked instability in self-image, mood, and interpersonal relationships is ________ personality disorder.

• A) histrionic
• B) antisocial
• C) narcissistic
• D) borderline

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Definitions:

Language

A means of communicating thoughts and feelings using a system of socially shared but arbitrary symbols (sounds, signs, or written symbols) arranged according to rules of grammar.

Cognitive Skills

Mental abilities essential for thinking, learning, and memory, including attention, problem solving, and decision making.

Dissociative Disorders

A cluster of psychiatric disorders defined by a separation and discontinuity among thinking patterns, memories, settings, activities, and sense of self.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A severe form of dissociation, a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memory, and sense of identity, formerly known as multiple personality disorder.