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Eating and personality disorders
A practice question in the style of the MCCQE MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
When should a personality disorder be diagnosed?
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The answer is E: After assessing lasting patterns.
Diagnose from lasting patterns, not during an acute episode of another illness.
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