Case: Young Adult Caucasian Male
Bryan is a 21-year-old business major at a large university. Over the past few weeks his family and friends have noticed increasingly bizarre behaviors. On many occasions they’ve overheard him whispering in an agitated voice, even though there is no one nearby. Lately, he has refused to answer the phone or make calls on his cell phone, claiming that if he does, it will activate a deadly chip that was implanted in his brain by evil aliens.
His parents have tried to get him to go with them to a psychiatrist for an evaluation, but he refuses. He has accused them on several occasions of conspiring with the aliens to have him killed so they can remove his brain and put it inside one of their own. He has stopped attending classes altogether. He is now so far behind in his coursework that he will fail if something doesn’t change very soon.
Although Bryan occasionally has a few beers with his friends, he’s never been known to abuse alcohol or use drugs. He does, however, have an estranged aunt who has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals over the years due to erratic and bizarre behavior. His family is afraid he will harm himself, or worse, try to kill himself to get away from aliens.
