Admission Details for Patient: John Deiniol Roberts (6512)
Gender: Male Age: 34
Marital Status: Single Religion: Calvinist Methodist
Occupation: Quarry labourer, formerly a Draper's Assistant
Address: Llanddeinolen, Carnarvonshire
Date of Admission: February 21, 1905
Date of Discharge: August 18, 1908
Discharge Category: Relieved
Disease: Mania
Supposed Cause: Heredity
Medical Certificate:
Patient talks freely of his troubles, believes he lost his situation as Draper's Assistant thus:- The envy of those about him, he hears voices when no one in near, suspects his fellow workmen of always talking about him, of persecuting him and putting poison in his food, he admits periods of loss of control and cruelty to his mother but denies attacking her.
John Roberts, his father, says his son has been peculiar and depressed for some time. He is now worse, is unwilling to work, threatens to destroy himself by throwing himself over the rocks in the quarry or by drowning himself. He threatened his mother last week with a knife, he has often hit her and kicked her, at present his father cannot have him at home without someone to protect the mother.
Dr. W. Lloyd Williams, Llanberis.
Approximate duration of present attack: 56 days
Number of Previous Attacks: 1
Number of Previous Admissions: 0
Number of Subsequent Admissions: 0
Total Number of Admissions: 1
Relatives affected: Maternal uncle now in Denbigh Asylum
Number of Previous Attacks: 1
Epileptic: No
Suicidal: Threatened
Dangerous: Yes to his relations
Clean Habit: -
Food Refusal: No
Sleep Habit: Fair
Destructive Habit: No
Disposition: Steady
Education: Fair can read and write
Physical/Mental State at Examination: Health moderate. This patient has been mentally affected for some years and was sent out to Australia for a change. He has never been able to keep any situation for long. Latterly he has become much worse and dangerous to his relatives and to himself. He has always been steady. His maternal uncle is a patient here,
Current Diagnosis: Schizophrenia (F20.2)
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