Question 98 · LEK · Personality disorders
A 25-year-old man was referred for a psychiatric examination after an abuse of drugs and alcohol. The examination revealed that his behavior is characterized by: emotional instability, feeling of inner desolation, tendency towards self-destructive actions, unstable emotional relations. These features correspond with the diagnostic criteria for:
- A. borderline personality disorder.
- B. dissociative personality disorder.
- C. histrionic personality disorder.
- D. narcissistic personality disorder.
- E. dependent personality disorder.
Hint
Chronic emptiness, self-destructive acts and unstable relationships point to one type of emotionally unstable personality.
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