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1998, tom 7, suplement 3
Original article
Simulated depression
JERZY POBOCHA1
1. Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii PAM w Szczecinie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1998, 7, suplement 3 (8), 133-138
Keywords: Simulated depression, forensic-psychiatric examination
Summary
The author reviews the literature on simulated depression. He describes four cases of prisoners sentenced for various very serious crimes against property. Simulated depression during forensic-psychiatric examinations. He shows that careful observation of the prisoners' mental stale and analysis of their psychopathological symptoms allowed him to tell pseudodepression from genuine affective disorders.
Correspondence address
Dr Jerzy Pobocha,
Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii PAM,
ul. Broniewskiego 26,
71-460 Szczecin
Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii PAM,
ul. Broniewskiego 26,
71-460 Szczecin