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9780765706034

Lying, Cheating, and Carrying on

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  • ISBN13:

    9780765706034

  • ISBN10:

    0765706032

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-02-12
  • Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
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Summary

This book aims to help therapists enhance their empathy with patients who are compelled to lie and to provide them with better therapeutic strategies to deal with the clinical dilemmas that arise in working with such children and adults.

Author Biography

Salman Akhtar is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Henri Parens is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Lies, Liars, and Lying: An Introductory Overviewp. 1
What it Takes to Tell a Liep. 17
Developmental Aspects of Lyingp. 33
Authentication, Imposture, and Malicious Deceptionp. 43
Where Does the Truth Lie?p. 59
Lying and Deceitfulness in Personality Disordersp. 69
Lies and their Deceptionp. 93
Sociocultural Perspectives on Dishonesty and Lyingp. 111
Cultures of Dishonesty: From Hidden Cancers and Concealed Selves to Politics and Pokerp. 129
Distortions of Truth from White Lies to Mass Murder: A Concluding Commentaryp. 141
Indexp. 161
About the Editors and Contributorsp. 169
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