Megan Fox’s self-diagnosed “mental problem” likely not schizophrenia – called too “high functioning” by head doctor

(Photo from Wonderland magazine)
Megan Fox, 23, plays a possessed cheerleader-turned-killer in her 2009 film Jennifer’s Body. In 2007 she co-starred with Shia LaBeouf in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen directed by Michael Bay.> Ms. Fox has said in recent interviews that she >has struggled with mental health problems since her youth but has not been “officially diagnosed.” In an interview published in Wonderland magazine, she says “I constantly struggle with the idea that…I’m a borderline personality, or that I have bouts of mild schizophrenia.”Based on “snippets in interviews,” one clinical psychiatrist is quoted as saying “…she definitely doesn’t have schizophrenia…she’s so highly functional that [this diagnosis] wouldn’t even enter my mind.”

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“On occasion psychiatrists are asked for an opinion about an individual who is in the light of public attention or who has disclosed information about himself/herself through public media. In such circumstances, a psychiatrist may share with the public his or her expertise about psychiatric issues in general. However, it is unethical for a psychiatrist to offer a professional opinion unless he or she has conducted an examination and has been granted proper authorization for such a statement.

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