ABNORMAL PSYCH CHALLENGE
BY: Megan Hopkins, Ana Lucia Rodriguez, Rachel Hintermeister, Andrea Villalpando
SHELDON COOPER
CASE HISTORY• NAME: Sheldon Lee Cooper
• AGE: ~32 years old
• FAMILY INFORMATION:
• Mother-Mary-devout Christian from East Texas
• Father-George-died
• Twin sister-Missy-direct opposite of her brother in many ways
• Older brother-George Jr.
CASE HISTORY
• PROFESSION: Theoretical physicist at CalTech
• MAJOR LIFE EVENTS:
• Bullied as a child
• Mishaps in childhood experiments (i.e. radiation damage)
• Childhood genius (graduated college at 14, youngest person to receive a Stevenson Award, received his first doctorate at 16)
DIAGNOSIS
After extended research,
our team has come to the
conclusion that Sheldon
Cooper is suffering from:
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder
• Mysophobia
CAUSES OF BEHAVIOR
• Childlike qualities (which he is unaware of)
• Lack of empathy
• Extreme Stubbornness
• Extensive knowledge(Which he is aware of)
• These disorders most likely developed due to both nature and nurture
• Doesn’t agree with his mother’s beliefs
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDERAn anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted thoughts, feelings and/or
sensations (obsessions), or behaviors that make him/her feel like they have to do something (compulsions).
Obsessive Symptoms• Fear of being contaminated by shaking
hands or by touching objects others have touched
• Excessive need to have things in order
• Rituals of cleanliness
• Having everything organized
Compulsive Symptoms• Washing and cleaning
• Counting
• Checking
• Demanding reassurances
• Performing the same action repeatedly
• Orderliness
Sheldon's SpotSheldon knocking on door
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER• Condition in which a person has an extreme sense of self-importance, preoccupation
with themselves, lacks empathy toward other people’s feelings
• SYMPTOMS:
• Excessive arrogance/haughtiness
• Has sense of entitlement/ importance
• Envious of others
• Place own views over others
• Lack of empathy toward others
• Fantasizes of extreme success and power
• Sheldon's Narcissism
MYSOPHOBIA• An anxiety disorder that causes a pathological fear of germs- “Germaphobia”
• Signs/Symptoms:• If fear takes over and one finds themselves suffering from physical symptoms
• One recognizes that avoiding germs is taking over daily routines
• Avoiding people, places or things in order to prevent germ contamination
• Excessive use of antibacterial soap and disinfectant products
• Extreme fear of getting sick
• Sheldon Mysophobia- 30 sec.
WORKS CITED• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001930/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Cooper
• http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/Sheldon_Cooper
• http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0064640/bio
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS55-q4fOjU
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvrT9BiYwWY
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYUFZCeBxCg
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001926/
• http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/obsessive-compulsive-disorder/DS00189/DSECTION=symptoms
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysophobia
• http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mysophobia-fear-germs-phobia-1024127