Disorder, Name the Mental Health
Time for “Name the Mental Health Disorder!” I will give you a list of a library patron’s physical traits and behaviors, you decide which mental disorder s/he has!
Case Name
Lipstick Mask Lady
Gender
F
Age
55-60
Favorite place in library
Computer lab
Physical Traits
Rotund and squat, wears surgical mask upon which hot pink lipstick is applied, uses same lipstick to draw-on eyebrows, emits BO
Behaviors observed
- Wants staff to stand nearby while she types so they can watch for errors
- Socially awkward (does not understand polite banter, immune to social cues)
- Exhibits extreme impatience with technology and noisy patrons
- Often writes emails to Oprah to ask for help promoting her children’s book Your Body; approaches mothers in the children’s room to ask permission to read said book to their children as a “test market”
- Will never, ever understand email attachments
- Replies to SPAM email
- Once got stuck in a bathroom stall (reason wasn’t clear; patron was able to free herself soon after)
Diagnosis
???
