Patients with
this disorder knowingly fake symptoms, but do so for psychological
reasons not for monetary or other discrete objectives as in the
case of Malingering. The
major feature of Factitious Disorder by Proxy is the deliberate
production or feigning of physical or psychological symptoms in
another person who is under that individual's care.
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An
Overview of Factitious Disorders - Mental illness describes abnormal
cognitive or emotional patterns related to how a person thinks, feels,
acts, and/or relates to others and his or her surroundings. Factitious
disorders are mental disorders in which a person acts as if he or
she has a physical or mental illness when, in fact, he or she has
consciously created his or her symptoms. - 3/5
Factitious
Disorder - An Article. Author: Todd S Elwyn, JD, MD,- Factitious
disorder refers to the psychiatric condition in which a patient deliberately
produces or falsifies symptoms of illness for the sole purpose of
assuming the sick role. Not Rated
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Factitious Disorder by Proxy - Munchausen
Syndrome by Proxy
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A
Dangerous Kind of Maltreatment - Munchausen by Proxy - Factitious
Disorder by Proxy Louisa J. Lasher.- Munchausen by Proxy (MBP) - also
known as Factitious Disorder by Proxy, Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome,
and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy - is a very real and very dangerous
form of maltreatment (abuse/neglect). 3/5
Mothers
Against Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Allegations - M.A.M.A.
was started in response to the fast growing number of false allegations
of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP). Parents are being accused
of making their own children ill. Increasingly, families across America,
Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand are being destroyed by
doctors and other professionals who make unwarranted allegations against
desperate mothers of chronically/critically ill children. 3/5
Munchausen's
Syndrome by Proxy (MSP) - Munchausen's Syndrome refers to a psychiatric
disorder where patients pretend to have illnesses, and therefore are
subjected to many medical tests and surgical procedures. Of course,
these would never have been performed if the patient had not tried
to fabricate them. However, the most notorious patients have often
had dozens of surgical procedures for factitious (false) symptoms.
Thus, this is a form of self-mutilation. 3/5
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Scholarly Articles on Factitious Disorders - Click Here