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Confabulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

N. Berlyne
N. Berlyne*
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Oldham and District General Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham
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Psychiatry suffers from the use of terms widely employed, poorly defined and variously interpreted. Delusion is one such term, but has appropriately commanded a good deal of attention (Hüber, 1955, 1964). Confabulation is another, but has not enjoyed the same critical scrutiny.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 554 , January 1972 , pp. 31 - 39
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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