The patient is a 14-year-old girl, a student of class 9, belonging to a Hindu nuclear family of low socioeconomic status. She had an easy temperament, no medical comorbidity and no history or family history of mental illness. The patient was studying in a private school, and she was considered as a meritorious student by her teachers and family members and participated in extracurricular activities. Since March 2020, with the imposition of nationwide lockdown, her school has been closed, and all academic activities were conducted through online learning. Although the patient's father possessed a smartphone with an internet connection, she did not have access to a computer or laptop. The patient was required to attend online classes regularly as organised by her school authorities. She also received online assignments through email, which had to be completed and mailed back within the stipulated period. The patient would try to attend the online classes on her father's phone, but she was unable to complete her assignments. Both her parents were not educated beyond middle school and could not assist her in her academics. The patient would remain constantly preoccupied with her inability to follow the curriculum. She would express apprehensions regarding her schoolwork. She would frequently report to her family members that she would lag behind her other peers and would not be able to clear her exams. She started reporting intermittent anxiety symptoms, crying spells and sleep disturbance for the next 2.5 months. Then, 10 days prior to the assessment, the patient's mother noticed that she would not sleep at night and appear fearful. She would not interact with family members and have unprovoked anger outbursts. Occasionally, she was seen muttering to herself. Her appetite and self-care also deteriorated significantly following which she was brought to the OPD. General physical examination revealed mild pallor. Her BP was 90/70 mm Hg, PR was 98/min, RR was 16/min and BMI was 18.4. Blood investigations revealed no abnormality. On MSE, she was unkempt, appearing fearful and muttering to self intermittently. ETEC was not made or sustained and psychomotor activity was increased. Her attituded towards the interview was guarded. Her affect was irritable and speech was irrelevant with increased rate, tone and volume, and she was not cooperative for further interviews and would become verbally aggressive. Based on the history and clinical evaluation, a diagnosis of acute transient psychotic disorder was made as per ICD-10, and the patient was started on a daily dose of risperidone 2 mg and lorazepam 1 mg over which her family members reported mild improvement in fearfulness, muttering to self and anger outburst over next 1 week. There was also improvement in her sleep and self-care.