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Catathymia and Catathymic Crisis
Published in Louis B. Schlesinger, Sexual Murder, 2021
The next case reported is a woman who had engaged in repetitive pathological lying (pseudologia fantastica) since childhood. She was intelligent, but she lied continuously, stating, for example, that she would inherit a million dollars, including diamond and gold mines in South Africa. The lies became more and more bizarre, manifesting delusions of grandeur and persecution. She stole money, served time in prison, and continued to lie to the authorities and to her doctors. Eventually, the pseudologia fantastica developed into paranoia. Because of time constraints, Maier was unable to specify the underlying complex of ideas that would definitely indicate catathymia, but he believed it was present. In some cases, catathymically determined symptoms can be uncovered only by in-depth analysis of the patient.
Munchausen’s syndrome and related factitious disorders
Published in David Enoch, Basant K. Puri, Hadrian Ball, Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes, 2020
David Enoch, Basant K. Puri, Hadrian Ball
This implies some relationship or similarity with the phenomenon of dissociation. Interestingly, Powell et al. (1983) reported a case in which the pathological lying was associated with psychological and physiological elements of guilt and thus suggested that the development of self-belief in the lies functioned as a guilt- or anxiety-reducing mechanism.
Drawing Back the Curtains on Motivation
Published in Marc D. Feldman, Gregory P. Yates, Dying to be Ill, 2018
Marc D. Feldman, Gregory P. Yates
Patients like Winona and Amelia share many similarities with pathological lying: the excessive telling of untruths for reasons that apparently do not include material or social gain. The lies may be complex, implausible, or disproportionate, but this is not always the case. In everyday life, the term “pathological liar” is often used, inaccurately, for people who lie repeatedly. However, it is presumed that pathological lying reflects a psychological abnormality, whereas everyday lying is directed toward a tangible external benefit.
Can Emotional Awareness of Liars Influence Deception Detection Effectiveness?
Published in Journal of Personality Assessment, 2021
Adrianna Wielgopolan, Kamil K. Imbir
Finally, although in our study participants were specifically asked to lie in a laboratory situation without any consequences, future studies could also investigate the relationships among emotional awareness, psychopathy, and lying detection. Pathological lying, deception, and manipulation in general are some of the facets of psychopathy (Hare, 1970; Sellbom et al., 2015); highly psychopathic individuals seem to be very fluent in deception, providing more detailed lies and being significantly more credible; at the same time, they are not ashamed when caught lying and seem to be unbothered with the consequences of detected deception (Lee et al., 2008). Following the rule that it takes one to know one (i.e. a good liar should have better accuracy in detecting someone else’s lie; Ein-Dor et al., 2017), highly psychopathic individuals may have high accuracy in detecting deception. On the other hand, it is also known that psychopaths are rather low in the dimensions of empathy (Hare et al., 1989) and perform significantly worse in tasks requiring them to recognize facial expressions (Hastings et al., 2008; Kosson et al., 2002). It would be interesting to see how psychopathy is related to emotional awareness measured by the LEAS (including general awareness, but also the Self and Others scores) and how it may affect the ability to detect deception.
Recognising Narcissistic Abuse and the Implications for Mental Health Nursing Practice
Published in Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 2019
Not causing further harm to the victim is another key consideration and without the awareness of the features of narcissistic abuse, a GP or other healthcare professional may advise on a generic intervention indicated for relationship difficulties, such as couple’s therapy. To advise on this as a helpful intervention may cause further harm to the narcissistic abuse victim, because abusers on the narcissistic spectrum can use couple’s therapy to continue such behaviours as pathological lying and gas lighting, yet again causing more psychological damage and further trauma to the victim (Arabi, 2017). If the therapist/professional is not experienced in the concept of narcissistic abuse and narcissism, they may not realise the abuser is attempting to use the therapist in a triangulation dynamic to inflict more psychological abuse upon the victim with the abuser falsely portraying a caring and considerate image of themselves. The narcissistic abuser would not be using the therapy as intended but to execute more abuse and to elevate their self-esteem.
Oppositional Defiant Disorder: The Psy Apparatuses and Youth Resistance
Published in Journal of Progressive Human Services, 2018
At a relatively young age, Jenn was diagnosed with ODD and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). She was prescribed Ritalin (a psychostimulant) for the ADHD and Risperdal (an anti-psychotic) for her outbursts, by the psychiatrist. Her family had multiple interventions from the child and youth mental health system: a worker came into the home, the family attended weekly sessions with a family therapist, and child welfare was regularly involved. Jenn sustained multiple charges for threatening and assaulting her parents, for running away, for mischief, and for public intoxication. Whenever she would tell a story that did not seem true to an adult authority, whether it was a parent, a probation officer, or a teacher, she was accused of pathological lying and not being in touch with reality. In Jenn’s life, the psy discourses were operating at full force. She was medicated, and she and her family experienced multiple professional interventions. She was understood through the psy discourses that rendered her experience psychobiologically pathological, her family psychodynamically pathological, and her behavior disorderly.