Munchausen syndrome: Playing sick or sick player

Munchausen syndrome is rare factitious disorder which entails frequent hospitalization, pathological lying and intentional production of symptoms for sick role. Management requires collateral history taking, sound clinical approach, exclusion of organicity and addressing psychological issues. A case...

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Autores principales: Prakash, Jyoti, Das, R. C., Srivastava, K., Patra, P., Khan, S. A., Shashikumar, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535450
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.144975
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author Prakash, Jyoti
Das, R. C.
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description Munchausen syndrome is rare factitious disorder which entails frequent hospitalization, pathological lying and intentional production of symptoms for sick role. Management requires collateral history taking, sound clinical approach, exclusion of organicity and addressing psychological issues. A case which presented with unusual symptoms of similar dimension is discussed here. The case brings out finer nuances in evaluation and management of this entity.
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spelling pubmed-42612192014-12-22 Munchausen syndrome: Playing sick or sick player Prakash, Jyoti Das, R. C. Srivastava, K. Patra, P. Khan, S. A. Shashikumar, R. Ind Psychiatry J Case Report Munchausen syndrome is rare factitious disorder which entails frequent hospitalization, pathological lying and intentional production of symptoms for sick role. Management requires collateral history taking, sound clinical approach, exclusion of organicity and addressing psychological issues. A case which presented with unusual symptoms of similar dimension is discussed here. The case brings out finer nuances in evaluation and management of this entity. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4261219/ /pubmed/25535450 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.144975 Text en Copyright: © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Munchausen syndrome: Playing sick or sick player
title_full Munchausen syndrome: Playing sick or sick player
title_fullStr Munchausen syndrome: Playing sick or sick player
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535450
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.144975
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