Need treatment for paranoid disorder
Patient: A highly intellegent 16 that was attending an advanced schooling program started to begin acting inappropiate with classmates: laughing at unusual times, staying up for long periods of time, drinking lots of caffiene and no sleep, when he was getting ready to have his pictures taken for school he could not emotionally take it and crawling into a fetal position and began crying, paranoid with classmates Doctor: Hi,The behaviour of the person described by you is highly suggestive of a psychiatric disorder, most probably some psychotic condition. However, for a definitive diagnosis he would need complete evaluation with more details like duration of illness, aggressive behavior, etc. It would be advisable to consult a psychiatrist for the same. Investigations like brain scanning may be needed to rule out any organic brain lesion.Assuming he might be suffering from psychotic disorder, he would need treatment with anti-psychotics like risperidone, olanzapine, etc. Hope this information was helpful. Best wishes.