People with _________ disorders have an excessively rigid, maladaptive pattern of behavior and ways of relating to others

A) personality
B) mood
C) affective
D) schizophrenic


Answer: A
Rationale: Mental health professionals identify personality disorders as particularly unusual patterns of behavior for one's culture that are maladaptive, distressing to oneself or others, and resistant to change.

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