Martha Mitchell Effect
The process by which a mental health professional labels the patient's accurate perception of real events as delusional, and therefore misdiagnoses accordingly.
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Origin
The effect is named for Martha Beall Mitchell, the wife of John Mitchell (Attorney-General in the Nixon administration), when she alleged that White House officials were engaged in illegal activities. Her claims were attributed to mental illness at the time, though ultimately, however, the facts of the Watergate scandal vindicated her testimony.