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