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Correctly identify the type of personality disorder described here. Elaine has low self-esteem and usually feels empty unless she does dangerous and exciting things. She is involved in drugs and has casual sexual encounters, even with strangers. She threatens to commit suicide if her boyfriend suggests getting help or if he talks about leaving her. She alternates between passionately loving and hating him, sometimes going from one extreme to the next in a short time._______

          Correctly identify the type of personality disorder described here.
Elaine has low self-esteem and usually feels empty unless she does dangerous and exciting things. She is involved in drugs and has casual sexual encounters, even with strangers. She threatens to commit suicide if her boyfriend suggests getting help or if he talks about leaving her. She alternates between passionately loving and hating him, sometimes going from one extreme to the next in a short time._______

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12/18/2021

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- Low self-esteem - Feelings of emptiness - Engagement in dangerous and exciting activities - Drug involvement - Casual sexual encounters with strangers - Threats of suicide in response to certain triggers - Intense and unstable relationships, with rapid swings Show more…

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Correctly identify the type of personality disorder described here. Elaine has low self-esteem and usually feels empty unless she does dangerous and exciting things. She is involved in drugs and has casual sexual encounters, even with strangers. She threatens to commit suicide if her boyfriend suggests getting help or if he talks about leaving her. She alternates between passionately loving and hating him, sometimes going from one extreme to the next in a short time._______