Case Lab · Type A · Foundation

F20

A change over two months

Meera, 22, a final-year college student, has changed markedly over the past two and a half months. She has stopped attending classes, spends most of the day in her room, and speaks very little. When she does speak, she says that the news anchors on television are "sending her messages meant only for her" and that she can sometimes hear them "talking about her" even when the television is off. Her family says her facial expressions have become flat and she rarely initiates conversation. She has no history of drug or alcohol use, no significant medical illness, and no prior episodes of low or elevated mood.