Topic > A psychological analysis of Winnie the Pooh and his...

1. Patient Description: The patient is a school-aged boy with light brown hair and deep brown eyes. He has a very friendly demeanor and is dressed in a polo shirt, shorts and wears irregular socks. He lives in a house with his mother and attends school regularly. He states that he enjoys school but that his favorite time of day is when he is in his bedroom playing with his toys. He says that his best friend is his teddy bear, Pooh, and that he waits for him every day until he comes home from school. The patient immediately begins talking about a wonderful place he visits with his toys called "Hundred Acre Wood." When asked if this is a place he dreams about, he replies that it is actually not a dream and that he visits this magical place with his toys. Soon he shares a book called Winnie-the-Pooh by AA Milne. Inside the book he reveals various drawings of his toys and their homes. The patient shows where he lives in this magical place which is the inside of a large tree. He also has a swing designed outside the front door of his "house". The patient seems very proud of his drawings and is passionate about this imaginary place. When I asked him if he could show me this wonderful place, he replied that only he can see his toys and have adventures with them. Apart from this defect, the patient does not appear to show any other signs of mental disorder. Conclusions: Even if at first glance the patient seems like a normal boy, he shows signs of mental disorder. He can easily be diagnosed as schizophrenic as he is unable to distinguish between real life and his imaginary world. Although his toys are real, he hallucinates having experiences and adventures with them, a sure sign of a psychological disorder. Fortunately, the patient does not have paper-based therapies to treat depression, including electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). ECT is a biomedical therapy that sends an electrical current through the brain of an anesthetized patient. These shock-induced mini seizures calm the brain's neural centers and help stimulate the production of new brain cells. Many are skeptical of this treatment, but after years of testing and use, it has been proven to work and have the same benefits as medications. Another controversial method, rTMS, uses pulses of magnetic energy to stimulate or suppress brain function and activity. This procedure has been used to energize the relatively inactive frontal lobe and thereby decrease depressive symptoms. Although this patient struggles with daily sadness and loss of interest, there are many treatment options available to him.