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- During periods of extreme stress, transient psychotic symptoms may occur, but they are generally of insufficient severity or duration to warrant an additional diagnosis.†
*insufficient = not adequate (not enough)standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in insufficient means not and reverses the meaning of sufficient. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- In Identity Disorder there is a similar clinical picture, but Borderline Personality Disorder preempts the diagnosis of Identity Disorder if the criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder are met, the disturbance is sufficiently pervasive and persistent, and it is unlikely that it will be limited to a developmental stage.... From the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3d edition, revised (1987), pp. 346-47 My Diagnosis.†
sufficiently = adequately (in a manner that provides enough -- often without being more than is needed)
- In Identity Disorder there is a similar clinical picture, but Borderline Personality...preempts the diagnosis ...if the disturbance is sufficiently pervasive and ...it is unlikely that it will be limited to a developmental stage.†
Definition:
adequate (enough -- often without being more than is needed)