Bleeding Diathesis or Fabrication: Munchausen Syndrome

A case history of an 18-year-old female with a diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome is presented with a literature review of this rare syndrome. We present this case because of the young age and the patient's overwhelming response to cognitive behavioral therapy. We recommend collateral history tak...

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Autores principales: Naqvi, Syeda, Asadullah Khan, Raad, Rupareliya, Chintan, Hanif, Rida, Ali, Zeeshan, Farooq, Faiza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5612566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28951819
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1339
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author Naqvi, Syeda
Asadullah Khan, Raad
Rupareliya, Chintan
Hanif, Rida
Ali, Zeeshan
Farooq, Faiza
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description A case history of an 18-year-old female with a diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome is presented with a literature review of this rare syndrome. We present this case because of the young age and the patient's overwhelming response to cognitive behavioral therapy. We recommend collateral history taking, exclusion of all possible etiologies and detailed briefing of family members as it plays a vital role to reduce the mental and financial suffering of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-56125662017-09-26 Bleeding Diathesis or Fabrication: Munchausen Syndrome Naqvi, Syeda Asadullah Khan, Raad Rupareliya, Chintan Hanif, Rida Ali, Zeeshan Farooq, Faiza Cureus Psychology A case history of an 18-year-old female with a diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome is presented with a literature review of this rare syndrome. We present this case because of the young age and the patient's overwhelming response to cognitive behavioral therapy. We recommend collateral history taking, exclusion of all possible etiologies and detailed briefing of family members as it plays a vital role to reduce the mental and financial suffering of the patient. Cureus 2017-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5612566/ /pubmed/28951819 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1339 Text en Copyright © 2017, Naqvi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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topic Psychology
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