Question 143 · LEK · Personality disorders
A 28-year-old male patient visits a psychiatrist office and reports that since high school, the dominant forms of his behavior have been: excessive doubtfulness and cautiousness, perfectionism that hinders normal task performance, pedantry, excessive conformity to social norms and conventions, inflexibility and stubbornness. The patient is most likely to have the dominant traits of:
- A. avoidant personality disorder.
- B. dependent personality disorder.
- C. histrionic personality disorder.
- D. anankastic personality disorder.
- E. emotionally unstable personality disorder.
Hint
Perfectionism, rigidity and preoccupation with rules and details point to one specific personality type.
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