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Claimed Simulation of Insanity

A Coping Strategy in Mania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

T. R. Suresh  and
T. N. Srinivasan
T. R. Suresh*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Porur, Madras 600 116, India
T. N. Srinivasan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Porur
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The coping strategy of claimed simulation of insanity observed at the onset of psychotic episodes in a manic patient is reported here. There is a need for systematic research on coping strategies in affective psychosis in order to develop techniques to help contain or prevent relapses.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 603 - 605
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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