Liam is increasingly concerned about his flatmate, Jasper. Jasper has covered all the windows of their apartment with thick aluminium foil and refuses to switch on any overhead lights, navigating the space using only a red headlamp to "deflect cosmic rays". He has also stopped attending his shift work as an IT administrator, leading to an official disciplinary warning from his employer.
Jasper now only eats raw root vegetables that he washes in distilled vinegar exactly seven times. He spends his entire night sitting on the floor monitoring static white noise on an old analogue radio to "decode transmission patterns", leaving him too exhausted to manage his personal hygiene or pay his share of the rent.
Discuss the diagnosis of mental disorders in terms of deviance and dysfunction. You must make reference to the context in your answer.
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