Citation

Mousailidis G, Lazzari C, Bhan-Kotwal S, Papanna B, Shoka A. Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry 2019; 23(2): 14-18.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019)

DOI

10.1002/pnp.533

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Diagnosis of factitious disorder (FD) is frequently difficult and patients may present with physical symptoms only, psychiatric symptoms only or with a combination of both. As long as the nature of the disease is so secretive and large-scale studies are almost impossible, every case report is important. Here, the authors present a case of severe FD and the therapeutic approach taken. © 2019, John Wiley and Sons Ltd. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; female; case report; abdominal pain; depression; suicide attempt; drug overdose; emotional disorder; aggressiveness; personality disorder; behavior disorder; clinical article; hospital admission; amitriptyline; sertraline; automutilation; psychiatric department; priority journal; quetiapine; impulsiveness; urine retention; drowsiness; diazepam; paracetamol; hostility; seizure; drug withdrawal; asthma; oxycodone; gabapentin; cimetidine; morphine sulfate; dyspnea; thorax pain; factitious disease; dizziness; neuropathic pain; auditory hallucination; Article; omeprazole; ranitidine; drug substitution; zuclopenthixol decanoate; young adult; morning dosage; school attendance