MUNCHAUSEN PAGE

Just how prevalent is this 'syndrome', and how can faking a disorder be a disorder?

www.webmd.com/mental-health/munchausen-syndrome

WebMD

Munchausen syndrome is considered a mental illness because it is associated with severe emotional difficulties. ... NOTE: Although Munchausen syndrome usually refers to a factitious disorder with mostly physical symptoms, the term is sometimes used to refer to factitious disorders in ...

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Wikipedia

Munchausen syndrome is a psychiatric factitious disorder wherein those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, ...

Munchausen syndrome by proxy · ‎Munchausen by Internet · ‎Baron Munchausen

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Deals with factitious disorders, malingering, Munchausen by proxy, and related conditions.

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Apr 22, 2016 - Munchausen syndrome is a mental disorder condition in which a person intentionally fakes, simulates, worsens, or self-induces an injury or ...

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United States National Library of Medicine

Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental illness and a form of child abuse. The caretaker of a child, most often a mother, either makes up fake symptoms or ...