The MOST important similarity among the personality disorders listed in the text is that:
A) disorders of thought, perception, and attention are present.
B) the personality traits are limited to discrete periods of illness.
C) they are inflexible, maladaptive, and related to impaired functioning or distress.
D) they are social in that they involve an inability to form lasting relationships with other people.
Ans: C) they are inflexible, maladaptive, and related to impaired functioning or distress.
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