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Munchausen Syndrome and Necrophilia
Author(s) -
Faguet Robert A.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1980.tb00702.x
Subject(s) - munchausen syndrome , factitious disorder , triad (sociology) , psychiatry , psychoanalysis , medicine , psychology , poison control , suicide prevention , medical emergency , child abuse
Munchausen syndrome and necrophilia are uncommon disorders which do not appear to be related. It is suggested, however, that both of them center on “return to the womb” fantasies and may represent variants of each other. Specifically, the Munchausen patient's symptom triad (factitious illness, peregrination, pseudologia fantastica) is seen to reflect a wish for death and reunion with the maternal object.