Minnie often displays disruptive behaviors including: interrupting her parents when they are talking on the phone, interrupting other children's activities, not waiting to take a turn, interrupting others while they talk and blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. Parent ratings of disruptive behavior are consistent with examiner observations. During the admissions interview, Minnie often interrupted the examiners' questions to speak, interrupted her mother while she was speaking, and ran around the interview room. During assessment sessions, Minnie would interrupt the examiner to tell an unrelated story or ask an unrelated question. Minnie appeared to make statements without thinking about the implications of these remarks, for example Minnie told the examiner that she should get a divorce because she had no children. According to Mrs. and Mr. Mouse's assessments, Minnie also has impulsive behaviors that include acting without thinking, acting without control, and having little self-control. This is consistent with Mrs. Mouse's report that Minnie is accident-prone and often engages in impulsive and risky behavior such as jumping off long distances and diving into moving rivers, and runs and climbs when and where she is not allowed. Reports of impulsivity are consistent with examiners' observation. Out of two
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