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Psychiatry suffers from the use of terms widely employed, poorly defined and variously interpreted. Delusion is one such term, but has appropriately commanded a good deal of attention (Hüber, 1955, 1964). Confabulation is another, but has not enjoyed the same critical scrutiny.
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