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Case Study Of Colin's False Incident
He had worked for a year when he experienced a work injury. Colin, while put boxes away, had fallen off his standing stool and had injured his back, neck, and suffered a minor concussion. While getting medical treatment and therapy, he had been laid off of his job leaving him worried about what he was going do and how he was going to survive.

Colin had decided it was time for him to go back to college and get his masters in a science. While studying at a university he had made the dean’s list three times and had seemed just like a normal student looking forward in his life.

It all changed when he had started having angry outbursts and accused teachers and students of verbal abuse. Colin made claims that students mistreated him in the library and had called him racial slurs and that the librarian had also spat slurs at him as well. These accusations were dismissed after further investigation proving them to be false. Days after these incidents Ferguson had yet another angry outburst towards a teacher. This was not the last time that teachers had filed complaints against him. Due to disciplinary issues Colin was transferred to Adelphi University where he also had disciplinary issues. Teachers at this university reported aggression and over enthusiastic about certain topics especially
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As a result of their constant concern about the lack of trustworthiness of others, patients with this disorder often have few intimate friends or close human contacts. They do not fit in and they do not make good "team players." Interactions with others are characterized by wariness and not infrequently by hostility. If they marry or become attached to someone, the relationship is often characterized by pathological jealousy and attempts to control their partner. They often assume their sexual partner is "cheating" on

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