Citation

Folks DG, Freeman AM. Psychiatr. Clin. North Am. 1985; 8(2): 263-278.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3895191

Abstract

Current perspectives on Münchausen's syndrome and other factitious illnesses are presented in this article. Self-destructive behavior manifested by the artificial production of illness remains a puzzling but fascinating clinical entity. A distinction between the clinical features of those cases that are more treatable suggests an optimistic rationale for approaching these difficult patients.

Language: en