RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Factitious Sexual Harassment JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law SP 387 OP 392 VO 24 IS 3 A1 Feldman-Schorrig, Sara YR 1996 UL http://jaapl.org/content/24/3/387.abstract AB Among those claims that trivialize true sexual harassment is a type that the author has come to recognize as factitious (i.e., prompted by the lure of victim status). Women who file factitious sexual harassment cases usually voice their allegations in a very convincing manner and, in the presence of contradictory findings, present a diagnostic challenge. Forensic clinicians must be able to recognize factitious sexual harassment in order to bring objectivity to these complex cases.