Pseudologia fantastica and gender identity disturbance in a Chinese male

Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1995 Jun;29(2):321-3. doi: 10.1080/00048679509075929.

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

  • Adult
  • Affective Symptoms / psychology
  • Affective Symptoms / therapy
  • Cultural Characteristics*
  • Day Care, Medical
  • Deception*
  • Denial, Psychological
  • Ethnicity / psychology*
  • Female
  • Gender Identity*
  • Homosexuality, Male / psychology*
  • Hong Kong
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Care Team
  • Patient Dropouts / psychology
  • Psychotherapy