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Personality Disorder
Personality Disorder refers to enduring maladaptive pattern for relating to the environment and self, exhibited in a range of contexts that cause significant functional impairment or
subjective distress. Moreover, it refers to ingrained patterns of relating to other people, situations, and events with a rigid and maladaptive pattern of inner experience and behavior, dating back to adolescence or early adulthood.
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