The Girl who Cried Wolf: Pseudologia Phantastica and Sexual Abuse
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 32 (4) , 305-309
- https://doi.org/10.1177/070674378703200412
Abstract
There has been an explosion of interest recently in sexual abuse and incest, with reported causal links to a wide variety of psychiatric disorders. The integrity of Freud's seduction theory has been challenged by Jeffrey Masson and sexual abuse activists. What is the position of a therapist who finds out that a patient's reports of incest and sexual abuse turn out to be fabrications? These issues are presented and discussed in the context of a brief, illustrative case history. There is also a review of the concept of “pseudologia fantastica”, as well as a brief review of a feminist critique of Freudian theory.Keywords
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