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Factitious disorder: a case report and literature review of treatment
Author(s) -
Mousailidis Georgios,
Lazzari Carlo,
BhanKotwal Shafalica,
Papanna Basavaraja,
Shoka Ahmed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.533
Subject(s) - factitious disorder , psychiatry , disease , psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , pathology
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.