Factitious sexual harassment.
Among those claims that trivialize true sexual harassment is a type that the author has come to recognize as factitious (i.e., prompted by the lure of victim status). Women who file factitious sexual harassment cases usually voice their allegations in a very convincing manner and, in the presence of contradictory findings, present a diagnostic challenge. Forensic clinicians must be able to recognize factitious sexual harassment in order to bring objectivity to these complex cases.
UCLA School of Medicine, USA. schorrig@ucla.edu
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D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008306:Malingering / Q000175:diagnosis; D012649:Self Concept; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*