A 22-year-old woman who has recently lost her father in an automobile accident comes to her psychiatrist for psychotherapy. Over the past 7 months of undergoing therapy, she has had an increasing number of symptoms such as hallucinations, including “seeing her father in the hallway,” that are not attributable to the side effects of her drugs or a part of any other obvious physical diagnosis. This morning when speaking to her physician, she begins sobbing uncontrollably and reaches out to the physician for comfort.

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