Martha Mitchell effect

The Martha Mitchell effect occurs when a medical professional labels a patient's accurate perception of real events as delusional, resulting in misdiagnosis.

[3] Examples of such situations are: Quoting psychotherapist Joseph Berke, the authors report that, "even paranoids have enemies".

When she alleged that White House officials were engaged in illegal activities, her claims were attributed to mental illness.

She claimed to have been drugged and put under guard during a visit to California after her husband was summoned back to Washington, D.C., in order to prevent her from leaving the hotel or making phone calls to the news media.

[7] More evidence supporting Mitchell's claims was published in a 2017 news article in Newsweek about the appointment of a U.S.