(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation, 1990-12) Coons, Philip M.; Grier, Finlay
A 25-year-old woman was hospitalized after threatening suicide. She alleged that she had been the victim of ritual Satanic abuse. A careful evaluation including history-taking, clinical observation, request for collateral information, and psychological testing not only failed to corroborate her story, but pointed instead to a diagnosis of factitious disorder of the Munchausen type.
