Dissimulation function in some functional psychoses.
Dissimulation function as estimated by means of Lie-Scale scores can be used as a pointer towards the impaired self-appraising ability of the individuals in relation to others. Sixty non-psychiatric normal persons and 133 psychiatric cases, representing two major psychotic groups, were investigated for the dissimulation function. The results show a significant difference between the two groups of normal and abnormal individuals, the abnormal group dissimulating distinctively more than the other. However, this impaired self-appraising ability does not seem to relate to the chronicity of the illness but only partly with the typology of illness.
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