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You Are Working with Pat on Developing Interpersonal Relationships

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You are working with Pat on developing interpersonal relationships. During your sessions she demonstrates dramatic and erratic responses to past interpersonal relationships. When you attempt to discuss what happened in these past relationships she becomes intensely emotional about situations that you perceive to be out of proportion to the situation. As her emotions escalate she has difficulty calming down and enters into extreme black and white thinking. In addition, Pat often has difficulty at the end of your sessions, fearful that you are abandoning her and won't be here when she returns for her next appointment. Which of the following personality disorders best reflects Pat's situation?


A) Paranoid personality disorder
B) Avoidant personality disorder
C) Borderline personality disorder
D) Schizotypal personality disorder

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