Doctor: Picking Up Attributes in the Hospital-Chapter 503 - 401: The Real and Fake Alice Fairy Princess (Part 2)
"Has the patient undergone any treatment?"
Zhao Heng put down the documents in his hand and asked slowly.
"Some psychological corrective treatment has been done, but no medication has been taken."
Jin Dong quickly replied.
It’s a seven-year-old girl without any obvious organic problems, so it’s naturally impossible to use psychiatric medication. The side effects of psychiatric drugs are just too great, even adults may not be able to withstand them, let alone a seven-year-old girl.
As for psychological corrective treatment, it’s mostly about providing some guidance. If the hallucinations are really severe, then its effect is also very limited.
This is quite understandable as to why this tycoon would find Zhao Heng through the high-end medical department, because currently, in the medical field, the treatment of hallucinations and delirium mostly relies on medication, and the side effects of current psychiatric drugs are really too significant.
Generally speaking, there are several common types of hallucinations.
Skin crawling sensation: It feels like there are bugs crawling on the skin, but they are not visible. This is a tactile hallucination, often synesthetic with sight, such as seeing bugs and feeling itchy.
Auditory and olfactory hallucinations: Often hearing non-existent sounds and smelling non-existent odors, frequently occurring in patients with nervous system damage.
Proprioceptive hallucinations: While lying down, feeling as if flying or floating.
Visual hallucinations: Seeing patterns and flashes that others cannot see, a phenomenon caused by a dysfunction in the brain’s neural transmission.
"What kind of hallucination is it?"
Zhao Heng frowned and asked.
In the treatment of psychology and psychiatry, hallucinations are the most difficult and troublesome to treat.
In psychopathology, hallucinations do not belong to perception but rather to imagery. Hallucinations are experiences similar to perception but are not perceptions.
Hallucinations occur without corresponding objective stimuli acting on the senses, whereas perception results from corresponding objective stimuli affecting the senses.
Humans can learn new things from perception but cannot gain entirely new knowledge from hallucinations. Events beyond a person’s experience and knowledge cannot appear in hallucinations, though there are sometimes exceptions.
Hallucinations are a pathological experience. Although scientists and pathologists still do not know the exact neuroscientific mechanisms of hallucinations, it is certain that when a psychiatric patient experiences visual hallucinations, they are not objectively seeing anything non-existent, but rather a unique pathological activity is occurring in their brain, possibly sharing some neural pathways and mechanisms with the perceptual process.
"According to the client, his daughter frequently sees people or objects in front of her growing larger and smaller, so the client’s wife firmly believes that she is the fairy Alice."
Jin Dong slowly explained, although what he said sounded absurd, it was the truth.
"Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" was written by British author Lewis Carroll, with the fantasy story in the novel inspired by one of his outdoor trips.
In this fairy tale, the most classic part is when Alice enters the magical world and shrinks while everything around her grows larger.
"Currently, this perception has severely affected the client’s daughter’s normal life to the point where even her regular schooling and daily life have become unsustainable."
Pausing for a moment, Jin Dong continued.
Although a seven-year-old girl is at an age of innocence and enjoys fantasizing, if her normal life is affected, the situation must be very serious.
If it weren’t for this, the wealthy client wouldn’t have sought out Zhao Heng through Jin Dong.
After all, Zhao Heng deals with difficult and complicated cases, which is why his weight in the Huaxia Life Insurance high-end medical database is so high.
"Has the aspect of neurological diseases been checked?"
Zhao Heng thought for a moment before asking again.
Sometimes, hallucinations are associated with neurological diseases, such as brain function impairment after severe craniocerebral trauma, or brain tumors in corresponding functional areas, which can trigger corresponding hallucinations.
"Director Zhao, almost all types of neurological examinations available globally have been performed, and no anomalies were found. Even psychologists and neuropathologists are at a loss."
Jin Dong shook his head slightly. If the situation weren’t so dire, he wouldn’t have personally sought out Zhao Heng.
"Director Zhao, to be frank, the client’s child’s grandmother has even started seeking help from the realm of metaphysics, believing that the child must have encountered something unusual."
Pausing again, Jin Dong added.
Turning to divination and seeking guidance from spirits when in doubt isn’t exclusive to older generations; even today, longing for spiritual counsel still finds a significant market.
"Metaphysics? What does metaphysics say?"
Zhao Heng furrowed his brow and asked.
"The client’s child’s grandmother consulted a metaphysics master. The master said that the child has a Celestial Child Fate and must live in the mountains and cannot leave before the age of eighteen."
Jin Dong expressed some helplessness.
The routines employed by these so-called masters are all too clear to a workplace elite like Jin Dong. They merely say things like the child has a Celestial Child Fate or a frail disposition and should stay by the master’s side for conditioning.
Anyone with a bit of social experience would immediately recognize that this master views the child as a long-term meal ticket.
If the child truly spent time with them, then the child’s father, being a tycoon, would certainly not spare any cost or effort upon this master, especially financially.
The child is only seven years old, with eleven years until eighteen. During these eleven years, the master would certainly live a life of luxury.
"Nonsense, ridiculous."
Hearing such absurd remarks, Zhao Heng could not restrain himself.
Taking a seven-year-old girl away from her family and into seclusion for over a decade, just to swindle money—what kind of humanity is this?
This rhetoric is clearly a scam.
If one were truly a master, why retreat into seclusion when the old saying goes ’the greatest hermit lives in the bustling market’? In the modern era, with information so readily available, where are these supposed remote mountains?
"If it’s a Celestial Child, and the child calls herself Princess Alice, does that mean this child’s spirit is Western rather than Eastern?"
Zhao Heng couldn’t help but add.
"Yes, Director Zhao. The client shares your views, but the child’s grandmother is very persistent. If no cause is found, it will be hard for the client to resist."
Jin Dong nodded in agreement, speaking slowly.
The so-called master doesn’t even have a basic grasp of logic in creating stories.
Can an Alice, a Western fairy tale princess, truly descend from the Western heavens to possess an Eastern person?
Furthermore, isn’t it perplexing that an Eastern entity could resolve this matter, which supposedly combines the power of both East and West, supposedly boundless in mana?
This situation presents a considerable challenge for the high-end medical department. If it is resolved, it would significantly boost the department’s credibility and influence.
However, failing to cure the ailment and letting a so-called wild master take the client’s sick daughter to some remote mountain would indeed be a farce.
"When will the patient be brought in?"
Zhao Heng pondered for a moment and then said, as a modern medicine paragon, Zhao Heng scoffs at any mystical and nonsensical beliefs.
To say some knowledgeable in traditional culture might excel in self-cultivation and even prove highly skilled in psychological treatment and adjustment makes sense and Zhao Heng acknowledges it.
However, to delve into something like the Celestial Child Fate, it’s purely fraudulent.
"If there are no issues on Director Zhao’s end, the patient will be brought over tomorrow."
Jin Dong breathed a sigh of relief and said, genuinely fearing Zhao Heng might admit to being helpless. After all, the client has already sought numerous renowned psychologists and neurologists for his daughter.
If the cause and treatment remain elusive, the chance of a so-called master succeeding becomes very likely, greatly embarrassing the team at the high-end medical department.
