The document summarizes the psychological disorders and suggested treatments for several characters from the show "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy". Billy is diagnosed with mental retardation and suggested treatment includes special education. Mandy has borderline personality disorder and her treatment would include dialectical behavior therapy and medications. Nergal Jr. has depressive personality disorder and his treatment would include antidepressants. Jeff the Spider has separation anxiety and his treatment would involve family counseling and anti-anxiety medication.

1. The Psychology of
The Grim Adventures of
Billy and Mandy
POWERPOINT BY:
NATHAN ROBB
PERIOD 6 – S. ALPER
PSYCHOLOGY 1

2. Billy
 Billy had been diagnosed with
Mental Retardation
 Mental Retardation is
classified as an Axis II
disorder
 His IQ is -5
 Billy finds it hard to keep
a friend, more than often
he only keeps Irwin and
Grim as friends.

3. Billy’s Treatment
 Typically, in Billy’s case of severe retardation, there
is no treatment to insure that he will retain the
knowledge of a normal person.
 I would suggest special education and intensive
learning

4. Mandy
 Mandy has Borderline
Personality Disorder
 BPD is considered an Axis
IV disorder
 Approximately 2-3% of
the population develop
this disorder
 Mandy shows the
constant signs of BPD:
mood swings, mild
separation
anxiety, severe and
unmanageable anger.

5. Mandy’s Treatment
 Borderline Personality Disorder, along with other
personality disorders are hard to treat and usually
require antipsychotic drugs and intense therapy
 In Mandy’s scenario, the only viable solution would
be to use a psycho-therapy called “Dialectal Behavior
Therapy” and prescribe her with an
antipsychotic such as “Prozac” as well
as an anti-anxiety such as “Xanax,” in
most cases a psychiatrist would also
suggest an anti-depressant, but I feel
like Mandy doesn’t need one.

6. Nergal Jr.
 Nergal Jr. seems to have
Depressive Personality
Disorder
 DPD is classified as an
Axis I disorder
 Nergal shows the classic
symptoms of an “ill-
humored” subtype
 Constant downing on
himself, he feels like
everyone hates him, no
one will ever be his friend

7. Nergal Jr.’s Treament
 Depressive Personality Disorder, unlike other
personality disorders, can easily be treated with a
low to high dosage antidepressant
 In Nergal Jr’s situation, I would suggest that he take
a medium dosage antidepressant and if his
depression fades away or continues we would take
action to lower the dosage of the antidepressant and
add an antipsychotic to the list

8. Jeff the Spider
 Jeff the Spider has
Separation Anxiety
 Separation Anxiety is
classified as a Axis I
diagnoses
 Jeff is seen in the show
as being very “close” with
Billy, his father
 Billy tells Jeff to go away
and Jeff screams “LOVE
ME DADDY! WHY
WONT YOU LOVE ME!”

9. Jeff the Spider’s Treatment
 Jeff the Spider could easily be diagnosed with severe
anxiety
 I suggest that Jeff and Billy would have family
counseling therapy along with a SSRI medication
such as Xanax or a similar anti-anxiety drug