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Patients with factitious disorders repeatedly present with symptoms that have no organic basis.
A rare cause of hemoptysis: factitious disorder
In patients with factitious disorder, the production of symptoms and signs is compulsive in that the patient is unable to refrain from the behavior even when its risks are known.
Cardiopathia fantastica: the Cardiac variant of Munchausen syndrome
Levenson JL Deception syndromes: factitious disorders and malingering.
A Reverend's tale: too tragic to be true? After his pregnant fiancee dies, Reverend R is strangely jovial. He dodges efforts to verify the highly implausible history he reports. What's going on here?
Because patients with factitious disorder are not easily studied, no particular treatment is well-supported in the literature.
Factitious illness: a 3-step consultation-liaison approach; Make the diagnosis when it is present, and rule it out when it is not
Central to understanding factitious disorders and malingering are the explanatory models and beliefs used to provide meaning for both patients and doctors.
Malingering in apparently psychotic patients: detecting it and dealing with it: look for external incentives, atypical hallucinatory symptoms described by the patient
A factitious disorder (FD) involves the intentional falsification of physical or psychological signs or symptoms or the induction of injury or disease associated with identified deception even in the absence of obvious external rewards (1).
Factitious disorder presenting with stuttering in two adolescents: The importance of psychoeducation
Factitious disorder as repeated diabetic ketoacidosis: a case report.
A case of factitious bleeding: Munchausen's syndrome
Factitious disorders are defined as self-injuring acts which lead to clinical damage of the organism.
The psychiatric burden of chronic dermatological diseases/ Aspectele psihiatrice ale afectiunilor dermatologice cronice
Less comprehensive histories, such as those obtained during crisis or brief clinical services, may make it more difficult to distinguish between malingering and factitious disorder (Yates et al.
Assessment of malingered psychosis in mental health counseling
Identification and management of Factitious disorder by proxy.
Munchausen syndrome by Proxy and the implications for childbirth educators
Factitious disorder comorbid with Bipolar I disorder.
Sindrome de Munchausen by proxy: definicion, contextualizacion y factores psiquicos involucrados
This was possible in JD, but a degree of uncertainty lingered because he did not exhibit behavior typically seen with factitious disorder, and performance anxiety could conceivably account for the outcome on his vision tests.
Treatment in the face of uncertainty following traumatic anhydrous ammonia exposure

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