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Patient Name: Caulfield, Holden Diagnosing Physician: Weiler, Eric Date: April 3, 1949
Holden Caulfield, 17, is a unique patient of mine with a unique case. In a way he is just like most kids, and yet at the same time he is completely different. During Holdens evaluation, I took note that he has shown a number of emotional and mental conditions/symptoms. The most prominent of all is his varying depression. He is constantly feeling lonely and is desperate for someone to talk to. On one occasion he even goes so far as to commission a prostitute just to talk to her. Holden has a very negative outlook on life, he is a very judgmental person, always noticing the flaws in people and pointing out their phony-ness and often feels as if the whole world were wrong and he was just horribly misunderstood. Also, Holden has a constantly shifting mood that ranges from being very sad to very happy at times that may not seem appropriate. He makes rash decisions during times of extreme stress and then later changes his mind about his them. Holden may be suffering from ADD. He has difficulty paying attention to important things. This may be a cause for his flunking out of school due to failure in almost all of his classes. He mentioned once receiving an important lecture from one of his teachers, and instead of listening, he pondered aimlessly about the location of the ducks at a pond during the winter. Once he even mentioned talking to his brother even though his brother is dead. This hallucination may be a sign of schizophrenia. Holden is also a bit suicidal; during his evaluation I noted the surprisingly low amount of caution he took for his own life. Apart from his mental and emotional symptoms, Holden has shown a number of physical symptoms too. Holden may be a victim of insomnia; he goes to bed long past midnight and then wakes up relatively early, leaving his mind with only a few hours to rest. This lack of sleep is extremely unhealthy for him and is a very likely cause for his current mental and emotional conditions. He does not eat much either, only two or three times during his evaluation did he even mention
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