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Confabulation: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

2017; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.23937/2378-3001/1410070

2378-3001

Jerrod Brown, Deb Huntley, Stephen Morgan, Dodson Kimberly D, Janina Cich,

Health Policy Implementation Science

Confabulation is the creation of false memories in the absence of intentions of deception. Individuals who confabulate have no recognition that the information being relayed to others is fabricated. Confabulating individuals are not intentionally being deceptive and sincerely believe the information they are communicating to be genuine and accurate. Confabulation ranges from small distortions of actual memories to creation of bizarre and unusual memories, often with elaborate detail. Although confabulations can occur in non-impaired populations, the aim of this article is to bring into focus the unique problems associated with this phenomenon and its impact on clients involved in the mental health system.