Munchausen Syndrome: Multimedia

References

1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association. 2000.

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Further Reading

Feldman MD. Playing Sick? Untangling the Web of Munchausen Syndrome, Munchausen by Proxy, Malingering, and Factitious Disorder. New York, Routledge, 2004

Selected Web sites

How Munchausen Syndrome Works

The Merck Manual entry on Munchausen syndrome

Cybersickness

Dr. Feldman's Munchausen Syndrome, Factitious Disorder, Malingering, and Munchausen by Proxy Site

Keywords

factitious disorder, FD, hospital hobo, pseudosickness, pathomimicry, disease forgery, scalpellophilia, mania operativa activa, surgery mania, artefactual patients, doctor addicts, hospital hoppers, hospital addicts, professional patients, false patients, operation addicts, pseudologues, peregrinating problem patients, pseudologia fantastica, hypochondriasis, hypochondriac, malingering, goldbricking, black hole patients, heart-sinkers

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

James C Hamilton, PhD, Associate Professor, Coordinator of Clinical Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, Clinical Affiliate Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama
James C Hamilton, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Psychological Society, American Psychosomatic Society, International Society for Self and Identity, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Personality and Social Psychology
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Marc D Feldman, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Marc D Feldman, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine and American Psychiatric Association
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