**Bi-annual patient summary (summaries?)**

_Psych Me Up Sanitorium_

By Dr. Hugh Dikus

**Medical provider name: **

**Timothy Mustand, Psychiatric M.D.**

**Patient name(s)**

Nancy Theord, and Billy Grelt

**Illness(es) detected**

**Nancy:** Specto-Social Syndrome; **Billy:** Dependent Personality Disorder, mute

**Treatment option(s)**

Group and solo-social behavior therapy for both

Nancy Theord, age 12, came to our facility early last year* (see notes). While most children have imaginary friends, Theord imagined herself as having 'ghost friends'. On average, imaginary friends cease to be a belief in children at age 8.5. She believes that ghosts come to her such as a "medium" or "psychic" could communicate with ghosts. Delusions such as these are a common concern for parents and guardians of children. However, Theord's parents passed. Due to Theord's displacement of foster homes and adoption agencies (due to these beliefs), she ended up in our care.

Theord claims that these 'imaginary friends' are ghosts. She does not belief in imaginary friends, as she is, quote, "a young lady, and young ladies do not belief in childish things." Dr. Mustard to explain her first encounter with a ghost. Theord claims it was at a foster home for girls. In the laundry room, in the basement, there was a ghost that did their laundry and cooked for them. The ghost, a female by the name of Claire, never spoke to the girls or wanted to go outside. Theord claims Claire was her friend because Claire used to sneak her cookies before bed. After extensive therapy about this topic with Dr. Mustand, Theord still believes that Claire was a ghost, and not a maid for the foster home.

After six months, Theord made quick friends with one of my patients, Billy Grelt. Grelt has been at this establishment since he was merely a year old. A sickness has rendered him mute partially blind, causing a severe case of dependent personality disorder. From ages 4-11, Grelt was attached to me and one of my nursing staff. He was our "shadow", as the nurse and I called him. When Theord arrived at our sanitorium, they became best friends. I had rarely ever seen Grelt smile before Theord, but none such as the time when the pair got into John Moore's cheese stash, before his untimely suicide. Thoerd believed Grelt was invisible, and Grelt wanted to believe it. Thus, how they got into Mr. Moore's cell remains a complete mystery to everyone. The pair still hasn't told a single soul of their heist.

Extensive therapy was suggested for the pair, as to cure their social behaviors. However, the staff, Dr. Mustard and I, can't be too upset with children being children. Perhaps we wait a little longer for them to enjoy each other's company for now.