Talk:Martha Mitchell effect

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I seem to vaguely recall another famous case: a U.S. naval officer who insisted that he was being followed everywhere by Israeli secret service agents was committed to a military psychiatric hospital, where he committed suicide. Later, his claims were found to have been real. Timeframe: 1960s or 70s? Can anyone pin this one down? -- The Anome 10:07, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

An article by Mayerhoff et al (link to PubMed entry) is a similar case, but I've not yet tracked down the original so don't know the details yet. - Vaughan 10:50, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Is it worthwhile to point out similarities between this and the Cassandra Syndrome? -R. fiend 20:28, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] I'll change if not dissuaded

Any patient, they explain, can be misdiagnosed by clinicians, even one with a history of paranoid delusions.

It appears this should read "especially one with a history of paranoid delusions". Why am I wrong? --Gtg207u (talk) 21:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removed original research tag

I've removed the OR tag from the page as it's just a description of what's already written in the published, referenced sources. Full disclosure: I am the co-author on one of the papers, but I wasn't the editor who added it as a reference to this page. - Vaughan (talk) 15:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)