Dr. smith specializes in working with clients who have personality disorders. according to the dsm-5, to make a diagnosis, his clients must have

The right answer is significant impairment or adaptive failure in the client's sense of self and his / her ability to engage ineffective interpersonal functioning. Personality disorders are characterized by behavioral, social and work behavior that is disadactive for the culture in which they live so that their behavior generates difficulties in different aspects of everyday life. However, the person does not perceive that their personality is a problem and does not want to change it.

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It ensures that checks and balances are respected.

Explanation:

The Constitution of the United States can be amended but the process is such a long and cumbersome process that not a lot of amendments have been passed since it was ratified.

This process was deliberately made difficult to ensure that the Amendment had the support of as many Americans as possible both at the Federal and at the State level. This ensures that checks and balances are respected because it means that neither the state governments nor the federal government can act unilaterally to change the Constitution.