Transcript Case Study: Timmy Turner - Ms. Smith's Online Classroom

Age: 10
 Gender: Male
 Intelligent for his age, target of bullying,
liked by few, misunderstood.
 Full Time Student at Dimmsdale
Elementary School.
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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.
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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.
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Timmy Turner shows symptoms that
resemble delusions , hallucinations,
disordered thinking, catatonic behavior
and the flat affect.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This patient would benefit with physical
activity. Stress can often times make the
schizophrenia worse and make it more
apparent in a person.
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Drugs are often prescribed to patients
with Paranoid Schizophrenia. Some drugs
to help with schizophrenia are loxapine,
molindine, moban and geodon.