One of several terms applied to the behavior of habitual or compulsive lying. The stories are not entirely improbable and often have some element of truth. They are not a manifestation of delusions or some wider form of psychosis: upon confrontation, the person can acknowledge them to be untrue, even if unwillingly.<\/p>\n
The telling of elaborate and fictitious stories as if they were true. Often some facts are woven into the tissue of lies. While not necessarily a symptom of illness, it is sometimes a feature of chronic mental illness and of personality disorders, particularly psychopathy.<\/p>\n
Pathological lying, usually for psychological reasons rather than for personal gain. The condition is considered to be a type of factitious disorder.<\/p>\n
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