<prompt> Please answer with one of the option in the bracket. Write reasoning in between . Write answer in between .Q:A 34-year-old female presents to a counselor at the urging of her parents because they are concerned that she might be depressed. After recently breaking up with her long-term boyfriend, she moved back in with her parents because she could not handle making decisions alone. Soon after their breakup, she started going on 57 dates a week. She has been unemployed for 3 years, as her boyfriend took care of all the bills. In the past year, she thought of looking for a job but never felt confident enough to start the process. Her mom arranges her doctors appointments and handles her car maintenance. She describes feeling uneasy when she is alone. She has hypothyroidism treated with levothyroxine. She does not smoke or drink alcohol. Vital signs are normal. Mental status exam shows a neutral affect. Neurologic examination shows no focal findings. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?? A: Avoidant personality disorder, B: Separation anxiety disorder, C: Dependent personality disorder, D: Histrionic personality disorder, E: Borderline personality disorder,  <response>: This is a clinical vignette describing a 34-year-old female with symptoms of increased dating, unemployment, lack of confidence, reliance on parents for decision making and care, and uneasiness when alone. She recently went through a breakup with her long-term boyfriend. The question asks to identify the most likely diagnosis based on her presentation.The key features here are the excessive need for others to make everyday decisions, difficulty functioning alone, and submissive behavior. This points to dependent personality disorder as the most likely diagnosis. Avoidant personality disorder may be considered due to uneasiness alone, but the reliance on others makes dependent personality disorder more likely. Separation anxiety disorder involves distress when separated from attachment figures, which is not a core feature here. Histrionic and borderline personality disorders do not match her symptom profile.C: Dependent personality disorder 