Patient presents as a...

- 17 year old young man
- For the last 9 months, has spent his days alone in his room
- Listening to loud music
- Not hanging out with his friends
- Getting into fights with his father
- Untidy bedroom
- Does wash or shower regularly

CASE: What are your hypothesis for the problem with him?

ME: Well despite the fact that you just called a 17 year old male a man, instead most obviously A BOY! Perhaps just good old-fashioned adolescence... just maybe. Possibly.

The mother is concerned... just like every other mother of a moody, pubescent male adolescent.