A complex psychological disorder in which a person limits food intake and uses vomiting and abuses laxatives is called:

A) dissociation.
B) acrophobia.
C) kleptomania.
D) anorexia nervosa.


D
Explanation:
A) Dissociation is shutting out from memory a traumatic event.
B) Acrophobia is fear of heights.
C) Kleptomania is an obsession for taking things.
D) Correct.

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