Historically, psychiatric terms have been abused by being applied to culturally disapproved behaviors that were not really disorders.Some of those that were once considered mental disorders but are not considered disorders today include which of the following?
A) delusional disorder and dependent personality
B) nymphomania and self-defeating personality
C) paraphilic disorder and histrionic personality
D) conversion disorder and narcissistic personality

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Nymphomania and self-defeating personality were once considered mental disorders but are not considered disorders today. Delusional disorder, dependent personality, paraphilic disorder, histrionic personality, conversion disorder, and narcissistic personality are all still recognized as mental disorders.

Historically, Psychiatric Terms Have Been Abused by Being Applied to Culturally