He also orders them to take her off the medicine for her schizophrenia. House figures that she's probably bleeding more from the cuts. However, Chase realizes she had tremors since she was diagnosed and she must have cut herself before. House reports the patient has had tremors, which has caused her to stop shaving her legs two months ago. Wilson says House likes puzzles - House hates people, but is fascinated by them. The patient says that nobody believes her, but House says he does.įoreman talks to Wilson. Foreman is also perplexed about why House is talking to the patient - Chase says House likes people who aren't boring. House asks the patient how much she drinks. House goes to see the patient, and sends the son out of the room. Wilson is shocked, but figures it's because of the schizophrenia. He also tells Wilson he's going to speak to the patient. He also talks about the treatment of schizophrenics. He says it's because she's too young to have a thrombosis. Wilson wants to know why House took the case. He also rules out the schizophrenia as the cause of the thrombosis. He points out that she's too young at 38 to have one without a prior history. House takes the case and asks the team how the patient got a deep vein thrombosis. The son Luke argues that it can't be from the alcohol he's given her, but House stands up and shouts at the ER doctor for not checking whether or not the patient has other signs of alcoholism. An ER doctor tells the son about the thrombosis which broke off and went to her lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism. He is hiding from her in the ER waiting room and meets up randomly with the patient's son, who asks if it's a good hospital. The woman is rushed to Princeton-Plainsboro, and House hears a page from Cuddy. All of a sudden, she grabs her chest and collapses. She starts complaining about the voices she hears. To quiet her down, her son gives her vodka while the social worker is away getting water. 9.3 A physician's responsibility to minor childrenĪ schizophrenic woman is with her son talking to a social worker when she starts suffering the effects of a deep vein thrombosis.The episode also explores the realities of mental illness, foreshadowing the events of Season 5 and Season 6 where both House and Alvie struggle with balancing their talents with their mental health needs. It is only later in the series we realize that Chase sees a lot of himself in Lucas - a child forced to maturity all too early due to an absent father and a mother with a substance abuse problem. Although later in the series Cameron is usually the one with personal concerns about the patient or the people close to them, this trend actually starts with Chase's concerns about the relationship between Lucas and Lucy. In addition, we seem to see some insight into Chase's character at this point as well. It is not that House doesn't care about patients: it's that he doesn't care about boring patients. Most patients are boring, but Lucy and (to a lesser extent) her son Lucas provide House with intrigue and the possibility of additional insight that the usual patients do not. Even Chase, who has been with House longer than anyone, is astounded by House's abandonment of his usual process.Īs a result, the episode provides us with a lot more insight into House's character, showing that what really piques his interest is when he finds something curious, whether it be the case or the patient. Whereas in the first episodes of the series House assiduously avoids any contact with the patient, here he spends most of his time with her. In this the sixth episode of the series, the format of the show takes a departure from its usual format by having House interact in depth with the patient. However, when the patient does something unexpected, House starts to wonder if she's really mentally ill at all. Intrigued by her schizophrenia and the fact she has a condition she's too young to get, he takes her case and finds multiple problems. While dodging Cuddy in the emergency room, House runs into the son of a schizophrenic woman who has been diagnosed with alcoholism. The Socratic Method is a 1st season episode of House which first aired on December 21, 2004. I'm pretty sure." House: " Galen was pretty sure about the fumigation thing." - The Socratic Method House: " You think I'm interested because of the schizophrenia." Wilson: " Yeah.
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