Abstract
A Chinese patient with pathological lying (pseudologia fantastica) and gender identity disturbance is described. The stories "save face" and lack a truly self-aggrandising quality. The importance of keeping "face" and maintaining modest behaviour in the Chinese culture is central to the psychopathology.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Affective Symptoms / psychology
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Affective Symptoms / therapy
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Cultural Characteristics*
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Day Care, Medical
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Deception*
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Denial, Psychological
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Ethnicity / psychology*
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Female
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Gender Identity*
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Homosexuality, Male / psychology*
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Hong Kong
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Humans
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Male
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Patient Care Team
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Patient Dropouts / psychology
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Psychotherapy