Inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning, including a range of personality disorders.

Inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning, including a range of personality disorders.

• A. Personality Disorders
• B. Mood Disorders
• C. Anxiety Disorders
• D. Neurosis

Answer: (A)

Enduring, inflexible patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that significantly impair social functioning map directly onto personality disorders. These patterns are pervasive, begin by early adulthood, are relatively stable over time, and lead to noticeable difficulties in relationships and daily functioning, which is the hallmark of this category. Mood disorders revolve around persistent changes in mood rather than a fixed, long-standing pattern of behavior, and anxiety disorders center on excessive fear or worry rather than a broad, stable personality pattern. Neurosis is an older term not used in modern classification and doesn’t capture the full scope of enduring personality pathology. So the description points to personality disorders as the best fit.

Enduring, inflexible patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that significantly impair social functioning map directly onto personality disorders. These patterns are pervasive, begin by early adulthood, are relatively stable over time, and lead to noticeable difficulties in relationships and daily functioning, which is the hallmark of this category. Mood disorders revolve around persistent changes in mood rather than a fixed, long-standing pattern of behavior, and anxiety disorders center on excessive fear or worry rather than a broad, stable personality pattern. Neurosis is an older term not used in modern classification and doesn’t capture the full scope of enduring personality pathology. So the description points to personality disorders as the best fit.