Case Study Timmy Turner Md Devin Michaud Description

Case Study: Timmy Turner Md. Devin Michaud

Description � Age: 10 � Gender: Male � Intelligent for his age, target of bullying, liked by few, misunderstood. � Full Time Student at Dimmsdale Elementary School.

Diagnosis: Paranoid Schizophrenia � Paranoid schizophrenia has many symptoms, some of which are Delusions , Hallucinations, Disordered Thinking, Catatonic Behavior and the Flat Affect. � Timmy Turner seems to show all of the listed behaviors.

Causes � Causes of paranoid schizophrenia can be inherited by siblings. People with a direct relation to a person with schizophrenia have a 10% chance to inherit the disease. � Schizophrenia is also very strange because 60% of people are not related to anyone with the disease.

Symptoms in the character � Timmy Turner shows symptoms that resemble delusions , hallucinations, disordered thinking, catatonic behavior and the flat affect.

Example 1: His Fairy God Parents � Some say that his Fairy God Parents are just a figment of his imagination. When the perspective changes to someone that is not Timmy, there are no Fairies in sight.

Example 2: Lack of emotion � There are many times in the show where Timmy shows no emotion when he should be showing something. This is one of the many signs that a person may have Schizophrenia.

Example 3: Losing touch with reality � In the show, Timmy will sometimes ignore his real friends and spend all his time with the Fairies. Sometimes, Timmy will daydream and stay in these dreams for a while.

Treatment #1 � This patient would benefit with physical activity. Stress can often times make the schizophrenia worse and make it more apparent in a person.

Treatment #2 � Drugs are often prescribed to patients with Paranoid Schizophrenia. Some drugs to help with schizophrenia are loxapine, molindine, moban and geodon.