The following is a case study of a male client, Jim a 27 year old male. Jim has a very supportive mother and father by the name of Consuela and Roberto; he is also the second youngest of 4 brothers. He has reported that both his grandmother and mother have both suffered from mental illness. His grandmother’s mental illness is unknown, but his mother was hospitalized for mental illness after one of her children was stillborn. She suffered from the possibility of a few different illnesses, such as depression, alcohol abuse and possibly an eating disorder, the exact extent is unclear. Jim himself as an adolescent was enthusiastic, motivated and was normally at the top of his class. His mother brought him in after he observed Jim rambling nonsense
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Similar to Schizophrenia, someone with Schizotypal Personality Disorder suffer from Odd beliefs and magical thinking, in Jim’s case he believes he has “special powers”. Unusual perceptual experiences, which he experiences while on the bus and believes everyone is talking about him and want to steal his powers. Odd thinking and speech, consequently going back to thinking he can control people’s emotions and behaviors, along with when his mother found him rambling nonsense about angel’s. Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation, this also links back to Jim’s experience on the bus and thinking that someone was going to try and steal his powers. Lack of close friends or confidants, in the anecdote Jim only has one friend he only smokes marijuana with. Excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity, after the bus incident Jim decides that he never wanted to leave his room again because it created too much anxiety. With Jim meeting six of the nine symptoms he would classify for Schizotypal Personality Disorder. (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) The main difference between the two is someone suffering from Schizotypal personality disorder does not experience psychosis, which is when the patient loses contact with reality, because of this Schizotypal personality disorder is seen as a less severe form of Schizophrenia. (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2016) In the case of Jim, his case is quite severe so the appropriate diagnosis is still
Similar to Schizophrenia, someone with Schizotypal Personality Disorder suffer from Odd beliefs and magical thinking, in Jim’s case he believes he has “special powers”. Unusual perceptual experiences, which he experiences while on the bus and believes everyone is talking about him and want to steal his powers. Odd thinking and speech, consequently going back to thinking he can control people’s emotions and behaviors, along with when his mother found him rambling nonsense about angel’s. Suspiciousness or paranoid ideation, this also links back to Jim’s experience on the bus and thinking that someone was going to try and steal his powers. Lack of close friends or confidants, in the anecdote Jim only has one friend he only smokes marijuana with. Excessive social anxiety that does not diminish with familiarity, after the bus incident Jim decides that he never wanted to leave his room again because it created too much anxiety. With Jim meeting six of the nine symptoms he would classify for Schizotypal Personality Disorder. (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) The main difference between the two is someone suffering from Schizotypal personality disorder does not experience psychosis, which is when the patient loses contact with reality, because of this Schizotypal personality disorder is seen as a less severe form of Schizophrenia. (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2016) In the case of Jim, his case is quite severe so the appropriate diagnosis is still