What are the personality disorders?
What will be an ideal response?
Suggested response:
? The personality disorders are stable or enduring patterns of (inner)
experience and behavior that differ noticeably from patterns that are
considered normal by a person's culture;
? These patterns and behaviors affect all aspects of a person's life and are not
easily modified and
? Show themselves by early adulthood;
? These symptoms cause distress for the person or make it difficult for them to
function normally in society;
? The DSM organizes the specific personality disorders around 3 clusters.
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a. Display the spreadsheet of raw data. b. Write a narrative detailing the number of cases for each attribute of each variable. c. Present a frequency distribution. d. All of these.
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a. True b. False
Since the 1980s, there has been
a. A reduction in the need for mental health services. b. An increase in state spending for the mentally ill. c. A new emphasis on the federal government's part to assist the mentally ill. d. A decrease in both federal and state funding for mental health services.