Omphile (28) and Denzil (36) have

been dating for a year. While they did not live together until the third month

into their relationship, Omphile frequented Denzil’s house and spent most of

her weekends with him. Denzil works as a cross-border bus driver and sometimes spends

weekends away from home as he often needs to take long trips to Lesotho and

Botswana. Since living together about nine months ago, Denzil noted that each

time he is scheduled to go away for work, Omphile starts complaining about

severe headaches, chest pains and struggles to fall asleep at night. Whenever Denzil

is away with work, Omphile experiences difficulties managing work deadlines, which

often gets her in trouble with her manager. Omphile spends most of her time on

the phone trying to check on Denzil with excessive worry that something

terrible will happen to him. Denzil has become aware of Omphile’s “needy”

behaviour and claims that this is becoming annoying as he always needs to take

Omphile’s endless phone calls. On one occasion, his colleagues made a joke

about him for being “under the surveillance” of his girlfriend. Angered by

Omphile’s behaviour, Denzil gave her an ultimatum to see a clinical

psychologist for assistance; failing to do so would result in him ending the

relationship. The clinical psychologist is likely to diagnose Omphile

with-------------.

(i)            

(ii)           

(iii)         

(iv)         

The symptoms of which need to

persist for at least

(v)          

(vi)         

(vii)        

(viii)      

Six

weeks and more.

The correct answer is: