MATH 1B Midterm: MATH 1B Harvard Solutions2f01
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A 30-year-old single male presented to a mental health clinic with his elderly mother. She brought him there because her son would not leave the house to ful ll his jury duty. He had been summoned several times over the last eight years, and was now facing legal charges for the failure to serve. His mother provided some information, and it became evident that the patient had not left his mother"s house at all for years. His mother had informed the courthouse clerk, who recommended the mental health evaluation. Family members sometimes observed him rocking in a chair in the living room and talking to himself; otherwise he isolated himself to his bedroom. Only months later did he reveal to a therapist that he had heard voices as a teenager, telling him to go out and kill people, so he stayed indoors instead for safety. He denied any episodes of physical discomfort or sense of doom.
