Consider an adult whose pattern of personality traits is quite inflexible and has been stable since adolescence. The person's behavior does not reflect another disorder and causes neither subjective distress nor impairments in social functioning. Can the person be diagnosed with a personality disorder?
a. Yes, the pattern of traits must simply begin in adolescence.
b. No, there must be an impairment in the capacity for effective functioning.
c. No, the personality pattern must reflect another disorder.
d. Yes, the pattern of traits must simply be inflexible and stable.
Question 2Dr. Drake has diagnosed a person with a personality disorder using the DSM-5 criteria. We can assume that the ____
a. diagnosis is based on ratings on the levels of personality functioning scale, personality disorder types, and personality trait domains
b. diagnosis made was incremental; that is, the individual was rated as having mild to severe forms of a disorder
c. diagnosed person's symptoms began after the age of 18
d. diagnosed person's symptoms affect other people but not necessarily the individual or his or her social and occupational functioning
Question 3Dr. Smith specializes in working with clients who have personality disorders. According to the DSM-5, to make a diagnosis, his clients must have ____.
a. an impairment or problem that is unstable across time and situation
b. the presence of another mental disorder or a general medical condition
c. limited functioning that may be restricted to a specific episode of physical illness
d. a significant impairment or adaptive failure in a sense of self and ability to engage interpersonally
Question 4Culture and ethnicity present challenges for diagnosing personality disorders because ____.
a. in their effort to avoid being culturally biased, therapists could miss certain symptoms
b. expressions of personality in one culture may differ from those in another culture
c. norms overlap in most cultures, and ethnicity is difficult to determine
d. diagnostic differences are rarely due to actual cultural differences
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