Cases: psychotic disorders

Chapter 13

Cases: psychotic disorders

10 topics

  1. Case 1: A woman who will not leave home for fear the neighbours will kill herA 26-year-old woman, brought to hospital at her husband's request, who has not left home for two weeks because she believes the neighbours want to kill her.
  2. Case 6: A student who left university, laughing and murmuring to herselfA 21-year-old student, until now doing well, who has left university and during the interview laughs for no reason and murmurs to herself.
  3. Case 10: A man with a twenty-year diagnosis who no longer leaves his roomA 41-year-old man, under psychiatric care for 20 years, who now does nothing but watch television and never leaves his room.
  4. Case 11: A young woman who says her phone is tapped, after a break-upA 24-year-old woman, brought by her parents, who says she is being watched and her phone is tapped, three weeks after a break-up.
  5. Case 12: A young man who has stopped talking and eating and stands motionlessA 21-year-old man, brought in as an emergency, who over several weeks has stopped speaking and eating and stands motionless for hours.
  6. Case 15: A teenager who hears messages from the traffic lightsA 19-year-old, brought by worried parents, who for two weeks has refused to go out because the traffic lights send him unpleasant messages.
  7. Case 18: A man who has accused his neighbours for yearsA 70-year-old man who for years has accused his neighbours of making noise, stealing from him and cutting his power, and has taken them to court.
  8. Case 20: A man in contact with aliens who prevents earthquakesA 48-year-old man, admitted with burning and "hardening" in his limbs and blood vessels, who says aliens cause it and that he stops earthquakes by telepathy.
  9. Case 25: A man followed by the mafia after his partner’s sudden deathA 38-year-old man who, days after his partner's sudden death, became sure that the mafia is after him and that people around him are planted to watch him.
  10. Case 31: A woman who brings the “parasites” from her scalpA 61-year-old woman, sent by the dermatologists, who is sure she has parasites under the skin of her scalp and brings bits of skin to prove it.