al profit or pleasure
Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead
Irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults
Reckless disregard for safety of self or others
Consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations
Lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another
The character of Billy Bibbit is a boychild, who, like many of the patients, is voluntarily committed to the institution. His character in the book and film exhibits the behaviors and symptoms of paranoid personality disorder, characterized by “a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts” (Paranoid, 1999, 1). The DSM IV (APA, 1994, 623
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