Question

Inflexible, maladaptive functioning is to the family of _____ disorders as the break or disruption in consciousness from one's identity (to the point of malfunction) is to the family of _____ disorders.

Answer 1

Answer: mental, personality

Step-by-step explanation:

Mental disorders are behavioural patterns that cause an individual to act and interacts with the world in a different way that a normal human being would do. It affects the brain function and its causes are mainly genetic or enviromental factors, sometimes even traumatic experiences.

Among the various mental disorders that exists, one of the most known ones are personality disorders. These ones happen when an unhealthy and inflexible pattern behaviour cause an individual to loose their right selves and even believing that they are, in fact, other people. This can lead a person to feel caged in its own skin and, if not treated, could mean a danger to people around them and even to themselves.