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ng those of the family in general; so that the girl was given a greater chance for success。
Case 19 seems to have been largely cured through the girl herself being able to work out her mental conflicts。 Adolescence was a factor and she was tided over this period in a good environment and with friends who understood her type of case and who were willing to put up with her aberrancies for this time。 Although we would not minimize the efforts of stalwart friends; we may say that there were more evidences of cure by self…help in this case than in any other we have seen。
Lest we should seem to be placing too much emphasis upon adolescence; with the idea that the mere passing of that period will lead to change in behavior; we cite Cases 3; 5; and 6; where the addition of years has brought no betterment。 In neither of these was the essential nature of the difficulty explored during earlier troublous periods。
An interesting consideration for treatment is embodied in the rational idea of utilizing the special powers; so that there may be ample gratification in self…expression; and in use of the imagination。 Through this new satisfaction there may be a mental swerving from the previous paths strewn with pitfalls。 The inclination to verbal composition; already spoken of as existing in so many cases; may be utilized; and imagination be given full sway in harmless directions。 It seems likely that just this deliberate practice may serve to more clearly demarcate truth from falsehood in the individual's mind。 Unfortunately we have had too little actual proof of the value of this method; some cases being worked on now are too recent for report; but there is plenty of indication of the possibilities。 Had we been able to control environment better; much more of this type of work would have been carried out。
A favorable outcome through this constructive treatment based upon utilizing the characteristic linguistic powers of the pathological liar; is witnessed to by Stemmermann in her story of Delbruck's G。 N。 In the history of this case a delightful note of comedy is struck。 G。 N。 was found to be a man of considerable literary ability。 He had been observed over the period of 13 years。 After he was first studied he twice managed to go 3 years without succumbing to his falsifying tendencies; and then found his chance for leading a blameless life by becoming a newspaper man。 In fact; he reached an honored place as an editor。 Stemmermann suggests; naively; that perhaps this calling is especially calculated to give the talents correlated with pseudologia phantastica space for free play; so that the individual's special abilities may not come in conflict with the law; or with social customs; and; on the other hand; may be utilized in fruitful pursuits。
All together; one would certainly advise every effort being made towards specifically stabilizing the pathological liar in the matter of truth…tellingby checking the springs of misconduct; and by diverting energies and talents into their most suitable channels。 The problem must ever be one for individual therapy。 Failures of treatment there may be; but from our study we are much inclined to believe that well…calculated; constructive efforts will achieve goodly success among those who are mentally normal。
INDEXES
INDEX OF AUTHORS
Belletrud Bresler; Johannes
Crothers; T。 D。
Delbruck; A。 Duprat; G。…L。
Ferriani; Ifino Forel
Gross; Hans
Hall; G。 Stanley Healy; William Healy; William; and Fernald; Grace M。 Henneberg Hinrichsen
Jorger
Keller Koelle; Th。 Koppen
Longard
Mercier Meunier
Risch; Bernard Rouma
Spaulding; Edith R。; and Healy; Willlam Stemmermann; Anna
Vogt
Wendt Wulffen; E。
INDEX OF TOPICS
Aberrational cases not definitively insane Accessory to murder; false self…accusation of Accusations; pathological; Bresler's classification of Adolescence Adolf von X。; case of Age of onset of pathological lying Amanda R。 Annie F。 Apperception; lack of; in certain cases Attitude; strong; of pathological liars; see POISE ‘‘Aussage;'' psychology of ‘‘Aussage'' Test; see TESTIMONY TEST
Bessie M。 Betterment; conditions of in special cases Betterment; possibilities of Beula D Birdie M。
Chorea; psychosis of Choreic psychosis Constitutional excitement Constitutional inferior; The Constitutional inferiority
Day dreaming in special cases Delinquency; lying considered relatively a minor Delinquency; relation of; to lying 〃Der grune Heinrich'' Developmental conditions Diagnosis of pathological lying Drug habitues; lying of
Edna F。 Egocentrism in certain cases Emma X。 Emotions; abnormality of; in certain cases Environmental causes Epilepsy; case of Epileptic mental states Episodic pathological lying
False accusations of illtreatment; of incest; of murder; of poisoning attempt; of sex assault; of sex immorality; of sex perversions; of thieving False self…accusations of accessory to murder; of sex immorality Feeblemindedness; relation of; to pathological lying
Georgia B。 Gertrude
Habit; formation of lying Habits in our eases Hazel M。 Headaches Headaches of pathological liars; Stemmermann on Heredity Hypomania; case of Hysteria; case of
Illtreatment; false accusations of Incest; false accusation of Inez B。; case of Insane; fabrications of Insanity and criminalism; relation of Itinerancy; correlated with pathological lying
Janet B。 John B。 John F。 John S。
Language ability; cases of special Language aptitude related to lying Libby S。 Lies mixed with delusions Literary composition in certain cases; see Language ability Lying; relation of; to delinquency
Marie M。 Memory; special features of; in certain cases Mental abnormality not typically insane; case of Mental conflicts Mental conflicts and repressions;case material bearing on Mental discipline in treatment Mental experiences; early Mental findings Murder; false accusation of Mythomania
Nellie M。
Pathological accusations; Bresler's classification of Pathological accusation; definition of Pathological liars; analysis of qualities of; by Risch Pathological lying a symptom of various disorders; Wendt on Pathological lying; characteristics of; Delbruck on; Koppen on; Stemmermann on; Vogt on; Wendt on; Pathological lying; definition of Pathological swindling Pelvic irritations; related to pathological lying Periodicity Physical conditions; treatment of Physical findings Physiologic stress; periods of Poetic creation; relation of pathological lying to Poise; remarkable in cases of pathological lying Poisoning attempt; false accusation of Pregnancy; case of; false accusations beginning during Prognosis; favorable in some cases Prognosis of pathological lying Prognosis; Stemmermann on Prognosis varies with age Pseudologia phantastica Psychic contagion Psychopathic individuals Purpose of pathological liars; Koppen on
Report; psychology of; Robert R。; case of Running away from home
Self…mutilation; details of; in one case Sex assault; false accusations of Sex habits in special cases; bad Sex immorality; false accusations of Sex immorality; false self…accusation of Sex life related to pathological lying; physical side of Sex of pathological liars Sex perversions; false accusations of Simulation of ailments in special cases Simulation vs。 hysteria in one case Social correlations Specialized abilities Statistics on lying among delinquents Subnormal verbalist; case of Swindling arising from pathological lying Swindling in Europe; cases of; Swindling; relation of; to pathological lying
Testimony; Psychology of Testimony Test Testimony Test; results on in individual cases Testimony Test; summary of results of Thieving; etc。; false accusation of Treatment; direct; of the lying itself Treatment given in special cases Truancy
Verbal fluency related to pathological lying Verbalists; mentally defective
Williams; S。 Wish; the morbid and fantastic; Wendt on
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