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| | ARDvark Blog Journal of Adhesion Related Disorder ARD What you need to know for Surgery - Bravenet Web Journal |
 | | Synonyms and related keywords: Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen's syndrome, Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, FD, factitious illness, pseudologia fantastica, Ganser syndrome, narcissism, sociopathy, somatoform illnesses, malingering, somatization disorder, conversion disorder, hypochondriasis, pseudocyesis, pain disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, major depression, delusional disorder, somatic delusions |
 | | Persons with Munchausen syndrome were said to typically (1) exhibit numerous surgical scars, especially abdominal surgical scars, (2) display a truculent or evasive manner, (3) provide a dramatic medical history of questionable veracity, and (4) attempt to conceal such documents as hospital discharge forms or insurance claims. |
 | | In 1976, the term Munchausen syndrome by proxy entered the medical lexicon and came to describe cases in which an individual artificially produces illness in another person, typically a mother who produces illness in a young child. |
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