After three days of no contact with his friends, Thomas, a m…
After three days of no contact with his friends, Thomas, a medical student at UAB, has been found by his buddies in his closet. Thomas is a 21-year-old male whose family includes several doctors and academicians. He feels lots of pressure to succeed in his chosen field. His friends noted that Thomas had been more agitated the closer they had come to the end of the school term. He had covered his windows in dark paper to keep our “prying eyes” according Thomas’s roommate. The roommate was staying with his girlfriend, because he said Thomas was acting “weird.” Thomas is discovered wedged in his closet naked in a pool of his own wastes. He is mute, unaware of others around him, and is immediately taken to the emergency room for evaluation and treatment. Which of these diagnoses can you completely rule out?