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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-telling--by 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.
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-telling--by 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.