Armand has been in therapy for two months
He has been unable to keep a steady job because he reacts so angrily to ordinary criticism and quits his job only to experience intense self-hatred. He has felt like he was making progress in therapy. However, when the therapist introduces Armand to the therapist that will be taking over her cases while she is on vacation, Armand angrily storms out of the office and takes a brick and breaks the window of his therapist's office. Armand is showing symptoms of which personality disorder?
a. schizoid
b. borderline
c. narcissistic
d. histrionic
ANSWER: b
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