The client is unable to make a decision by herself. She clings to her husband and quickly moves to fill his requests. Although she sometimes appears angry, her emotions are not expressed. The client's diagnosis is:
a. Neuroticism
b. Paranoid personality disorder
c. Dependent personality disorder
d. Narcissistic personality disorder
C
The anxiety of dependent personality disorder is associated with separation and abandonment. Neuroticism refers to an individual who experiences a mental imbalance that causes distress and anxiety without affecting rational thought; paranoid personality disorder is displayed by assumptions that everyone is out to harm, deceive, or exploit; and narcissistic personality disorder is grandiose feelings of self-importance.
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