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Huckleberry Finn's syndrome I
Also known as:
Huck Finn syndrome
Associated persons:
Huckleberry Finn
Description:
The condition or act of a shirking or neglecting one's duties or obligations, as when staying away from school without permission, arising from parental rejection, feelings of rejection, and superior intelligence.
Bibliography:
- A. E. Rodin, J. D. Key:
Encyclopedia of medical eponyms derived from literary characters.
Melbourne, Florida, Robert E. Krieger, 1989.
- J. Andriola:
Truancy syndrome.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, New York, 1946, 16: 174-176.
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