Pseudologia Fantastica in the Emergency Department: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Psychiatrists commonly encounter deception in the emergency department. This article presents the case of a patient who presents to the emergency department with an unusual and elaborate web of deceptions along multiple themes including feigning medical illness, multiple losses, and grandiose academ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robyn Thom, Polina Teslyar, Rohn Friedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8961256