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M Horowitz. 1984. Further suggestions for classifying delusions.. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.1.aj1411154
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The detection of malingered psychosis is sometimes quite difficult. The decision that an individual is malingering is made by assembling all of the clues from a thorough evaluation of a person's past and current functioning with corroboration from clinical records and other people. Identifying malingered psychosis will prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and is critical in forensic assessments. Indeed, clinicians bear considerable responsibility to assist society in differentiating true psychosis from malingered madness.
This paper explores the hypothesis that hysterical symptoms may best be regarded as the product of delusional thinking. Hysteria has generally been interpreted as a process quite distinct from other psychiatric disorders. An attempt is made to bring it within more conventional bounds.