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Family , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/complications , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/diagnosis , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/epidemiology , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/genetics , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/psychology , Shared Paranoid Disorder/diagnosis , Shared Paranoid Disorder/genetics , Shared Paranoid Disorder/psychologyABSTRACT
Pseudologia Fantastica is a disorder wherein the person tells lies incessantly. It is usually encountered in forensic practice in those accused of fraud, swindling, making false accusations or false confessions. Their lies are mostly aimed at attracting notice and inflating their importance, in contrast to carefully planned typical frauds. A case presenting with features of Pseudologia Fantastica is described. Although this patient had no legal problems because of his lying habits, he had most of the features of Pseudologia Fantastica. He has shown good response with combined pharmacotherapy and behaviour therapy. As these patients are at high risk of committing various types of frauds, it is very important to diagnose such patients at an early stage so that legal implications of this disorder can be avoided.