A Seemingly Hysterical Appearance

Authors

  • Tânia Roquette Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, EPE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.6074

Keywords:

Psychological evaluation, Borderline Disorder

Abstract

The author suggests a reflection on a clinical case, of a 61 years old female patient, taking in to consideration the elements collected from the psychological evaluation, through the interpretation of the projective tests, the author gathered essencial matter from the clinical observation in which concerns the patient’s psychological functioning. Thus, certain evidence, apparently of an histerical nature, even her death by suicide, was in fact evidence of serious borderline functioning.

Published

2004-12-01

Issue

Section

Case Reports