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Can doctors tell me what does the symptom of being inauthentic mean in mental illness?

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Dr. Ravi Chand answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Inauthetic: Inauthetic means that your data presented is not accurate or valid or if you take a psychological test, it may indicate that you provided conflicted information and the test is not valid, thats a strong word with deeper consequences, it needs to be analyzed in the context in which it was said.

Answered 8/14/2013

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