KPDS 2005-1 Soru=78

According to the passage, Mrs Mitchell's statements about her husband ----.

Therapists have to be very careful before they make
a diagnosis of delusional disorder. A great many
complaints are founded on fact. It is possible that a
patient is really being harassed at work, that her
husband is deceiving her, or that her business
partner is cheating her. Indeed, therapists must be
careful not to mislabel facts as delusions, a trap
known as "the Martha Mitchell effect". Martha
Mitchell was the wife of former US attorney general
John Mitchell. In October 1972, he was accused of
having ordered the break-in at the Democratic
campaign headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in
Washington, D.C. Mrs Mitchell repeatedly told the
press that her husband was being made a
scapegoat to protect the real culprit - President
Richard M. Nixon. The White House spread
disinformation about Mrs Mitchell, saying she had a
drinking problem and implying that her statements
were delusional. When the scandal was ultimately
unravelled, Mrs Mitchell's statements were proved
true and she was shown to be utterly sane and with
no drinking problem.