PSEUDOLOGIA FANTASTICA AND GENDER IDENTITY DISTURBANCE IN A CHINESE MALE

Authors
LEUNG CM LAI K SHUM K LEE G
Citation
Cm. Leung et al., PSEUDOLOGIA FANTASTICA AND GENDER IDENTITY DISTURBANCE IN A CHINESE MALE, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 29(2), 1995, pp. 321-323
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048674
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
321 - 323
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8674(1995)29:2<321:PFAGID>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A Chinese patient with pathological lying (pseudologia fantastica) and gender identity disturbance is described. The stories ''save face'' a nd lack a truly self-aggrandising quality. The importance of keeping ' 'face'' and maintaining modest behaviour in the Chinese culture is cen tral to the psychopathology.