Is pathological lying a mental disorder?

The argumentative essay is about pathological lying being considered a mental disorder, I believe is should be. I would like the thesis statement to be in BOLD letters and BOLD in its words. I have provided you will the resources NEEDED to be used to support the argument, as well as, the format of the layout for the paper.

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