Psychological Diagnosis of the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland

Natalie Frank, Ph.D.
Mental Gecko
Published in
7 min readAug 16, 2018

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Short Report, Diagnosis and Recommendations

Reason for Referral:

I have been approached by the courts to conduct an independent evaluation of Mr. White Rabbit, following his apprehension for the alleged kidnapping of a young girl who he was said to have lured into his hole which led her to an alternate realm called Wonderland. While there, it was further alleged he provided her with drugs that may have caused her to hallucinate, believing herself to shrunk to the size of a mouse then to have grown to giant size. The underage girl also reported believing she had come into contact with a number of unusual creatures including a cat who appeared and disappeared at random, a pipe smoking caterpillar with whom she had a conversation, a Duchess who had her baby sit her infant who turned out to be a pig, and the Queen of Hearts with whom Alice plays croquet using flamingos as mallets and hedgehogs as balls.

While the kidnapping charge was dismissed due to Alice’s own testimony that she had followed Mr. Rabbit voluntarily and he hadn’t done or said anything to force her to do so, the drugging charge still stood. I was asked to evaluate Mr. Rabbit due to concerns as to his mental state as well as complaints made by residents of Wonderland regarding his tendency to make them and their…

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Natalie Frank, Ph.D.
Mental Gecko

I write about behavioral health & other topics. I’m Managing Editor (Serials, Novellas) for LVP Press. See my other articles: https://hubpages.com/@nataliefrank