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		Munchausen syndrome is a form of psychological disorder known as a factitious disorder (the term Munchausen syndrome is sometimes used, incorrectly, to refer to any form of factitious disorder).
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	Ganser Syndrome
		Ganser's Syndrome is a factitious disorder, characterised by the individual mimicking behaviour yhey think are typical of a psychosis, by providing nonsensical or wrong answers to questions, and doing things incorrectly.
		Also called nonsense syndrome, balderdash syndrome, syndrome of approximate answers, pseudodementia or prison psychosis ( The syndrome is described most frequently in prison inmates form whom it may represent an attempt to gain leniency from prison or court officials), classified in DSM-IV as one of the dissociative disorders.
		Ganser syndrome therefore is a desire to avoid responsibility or an unpleasant situation.
	www.psychnet-uk.com /dsm_iv/ganser_syndrome.htm (403 words)

	Ganser Syndrome - Patient UK
		Ganser's Syndrome is a term used to describe a disorder in which individuals feign a mental illness such as schizophrenia.
		Ganser described the syndrome after studying the behaviour of three inmates of a prison and thus it has acquired the synonym "prison psychosis".
		Ganser syndrome is thought to be precipitated by episodes of severe stress, but has also been described in association with head injury.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc/40001381 (653 words)

	Ganser syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ganser syndrome is a psychiatric disorder characterised by approximate answers to questions.
		The original description by Sigbert J.M. Ganser in 1898 pointed out their hysterical twilight state.
		They may also describe hallucinations which are usually more florid than those in schizophrenia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ganser_syndrome (186 words)

	eMedicine - Ganser Syndrome : Article by Robert C Daly, MBChB, MPH
		Ganser originally described the syndrome as short-lived, florid, psychotic episodes with subsequent retrograde amnesia.
		A commonly suggested psychodynamic mechanism for the syndrome is the urge to avoid an unpleasant situation and its burden of responsibility.
		Approximately 80% of patients with Ganser syndrome are male.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic840.htm (954 words)

	Ganser Syndrome
		Ganser syndrome is a type of factitious disorder in which the person mimics behavior that is typical of a mental illness, such as schizophrenia.
		Ganser syndrome is sometimes called prison psychosis because it was first observed in prisoners.
		Another factor that may contribute to Ganser syndrome is a desire to avoid responsibility or an unpleasant situation.
	www.clevelandclinic.org /health/health-info/docs/2800/2823.asp?index=9835 (837 words)

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		Ganser’s term “vorbeigehen,” refers to "passing by the point" in such a way that over-arching categories are preserved, and specific questions receive close but inaccurate responses (Goldin, 1955: Enoch, 1961; Weiner, 1955).
		For example, in the Capgrass syndrome of mis-identification, a false memory (delusion) leads to a mistaken attributions of personal identity which is associated with affect appropriate to that perception.
		Anderson denotes the common element in the Ganser Syndrome and pseudodementia as a "failure in the most elementary knowledge" but goes on to distinguish between them on the basis of chronicity and "the usually obvious exploitation of symptoms in pseudo-dementia" (Anderson, p.395, 1941).
	smpsych.com /clinic/ganser.htm (4717 words)

	Indian Journal of Psychiatry
		Ganser's syndrome is a rare and controversial entity in psychiatric nosology.
		Perhaps no other psychiatric syndrome is shrouded in so much confusion and controversy as regards to its nosological status and mechanism as is Ganser's syndrome (GS).
		Furthermore, Ganser's syndrome is rare in children with not many such presentations having been reported from the Indian subcontinent (Dabholkar,1987).
	www.ijponline.org /July2001/indIJPOrgArt12.html (1380 words)

	Your Guide to Ganser Syndrome
		Ganser syndrome is a type of factitious disorder, a mental illness in which a person acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick.
		People with Ganser syndrome mimic behavior that is typical of a mental illness, such as schizophrenia.
		Diagnosing Ganser syndrome is very challenging, not only because some measure of dishonesty is involved but also because it is very rare.
	psychologytoday.webmd.com /content/article/60/67153.htm (715 words)

	Joker Runs Wild - Ganser Syndrome
		Ganser hypothesized that the syndrome was an associative reaction occuring as a result of an unconscious effort by the subject to escape from an intolerable situation.
		The subjects that Ganser was working with were prisoners on remand and the intolerable situation was prolonged incarceration {new window}.
		It is important to note, regarding the Ganser syndrome per se, that while the patient—a prisoner on remand or not—may challenge the doctors need to categorize, to find evidence in keeping with the terms of predefined categories, the doctor does not experience the system of classification to be undermined.
	acjournal.org /holdings/vol6/iss3/schutzman/joker_3_2.html (693 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Ganserâs syndrome
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	Your Guide to Munchausen Syndrome
		Munchausen syndrome is a factitious disorder, a mental illness in which a person repeatedly acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick.
		Munchausen syndrome is considered a mental illness because it is associated with severe emotional difficulties.
		Although a person with Munchausen syndrome actively seeks treatment for the various disorders he or she invents, the person often is unwilling to admit to and seek treatment for the syndrome itself.
	my.webmd.com /content/article/60/67152.htm (952 words)

	What Are Dissociative Disorders? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Individuals with various culturally defined "running" syndromes (e.g., pibloktoq among native peoples of the Arctic, grisi siknis among the Miskito of Honduras and Nicaragua, Navajo "frenzy" witchcraft, and some forms of amok in Western Pacific cultures) may have symptoms that meet diagnostic criteria for Dissociative Fugue.
		These are conditions characterized by a sudden onset of a high level of activity, a trancelike state, potentially dangerous behavior in the form of running or fleeing, and ensuing exhaustion, sleep, and amnesia for the episode.
		Ganser syndrome: the giving of approximate answers to questions (e.g., "2 plus 2 equals 5") when not associated with Dissociative Amnesia or Dissociative Fugue.
	www.m-a-h.net /library/did-general/mpd-did.htm (5917 words)

	An Overview of Factitious Disorders
		Ganser syndrome, sometimes called prison psychosis, is a factitious disorder that was first observed in prisoners.
		People with Ganser syndrome have short-term episodes of bizarre behavior similar to that shown by people with serious mental illnesses.
		NOTE: Although Munchausen syndrome most properly refers to a factitious disorder with physical symptoms, the term is sometimes used to refer to factitious disorders in general.
	www.clevelandclinic.org /health/health-info/docs/2800/2820.asp?index=9832&src=news (1422 words)

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		Ganser A, Maurer A, Contzen C, Seipelt G, Ottmann OG, Schadeck-Gressel C, Kolbe K, Haas R, Zander C, Reutzel R, Hoelzer D. Improved multilineage response of hematopoiesis in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes to a combination therapy with all-trans retinoic acid, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, erythropoietin and alpha-tocopherol.
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	www.onkodin.de /zms/content/e2/e31016/e31981/index_ger.html (2034 words)

	Dissociative Disorders from DSMIV
		It has been suggested that the recent relatively high rates of the disorder reported in the United States might indicate that this is a culture-specific syndrome.
		In contrast, others believe that the syndrome has been over diagnosed in individuals who are highly suggestible.
		Dissociative Identity Disorder appears to have a fluctuating clinical course that tends to be chronic and recurrent.
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	Online Clinic
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		A case of fragile X syndrome and Tourette symptomatology in an 11-year-old mentally retarded male with autism is reported.
		Tourette's syndrome is a chronic familial disorder with a fluctuating course; the long-term outcome is generally favorable.
	www.online-clinic.com /Content/Disorders/tourette_syndrome.asp (5931 words)

	Factitious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Factitious Disorder by Proxy - Munchausen syndrome by proxy - The major feature of Factitious Disorder by Proxy is the deliberate production or feigning of physical or psychological symptoms in another person who is under that individual's care.
		Ganser's Syndrome - Ganser's Syndrome is a factitious disorder, characterised by the individual mimicking behaviour yhey think are typical of a psychosis, by providing nonsensical or wrong answers to questions, and doing things incorrectly.
		Mothers Against Munchausen Syndrome - M.A.M.A. was started in response to the fast growing number of false allegations of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP).
	www.nurses.info /mental_health_factitious.htm (529 words)

	Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser (www.whonamedit.com)
		A factitious disorder, characterised by the individual mimicking behaviour he or she thinks is typical of a psychosis, providing nonsensical or wrong answers to questions, and doing things incorrectly.
		Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser studied in Würzburg, Strassburg, and München, where he obtained his doctorate in 1876.
		Ganser was habilitated in München in 1880, and in 1884 embarked on his institutional career.
	www.whonamedit.com /doctor.cfm/1310.html (234 words)

	ARDvark Blog Journal of Adhesion Related Disorder ARD What you need to know for Surgery - Bravenet Web Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		The term Munchausen syndrome most appropriately refers to the subset of patients who have a chronic variant of FD with predominantly physical signs and symptoms.
		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.
	adhesion.bravejournal.com /entry/6041 (3303 words)

	Dissociation Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is hypothesized that frequently reported possession syndrome in India and MPD in the West represent parallel dissociative disorders with similar etiologies despite some major differences in clinical profiles.
		It is noted that this syndrome implies severe character pathology and that it is distinct from adolescent identity crisis, psychotic disturbances of identity, and multiple personality.
		The possession syndrome is defined as a dissociative disorder in which patients unconsciously believe they are possessed by evil spirits who act out their forbidden wishes.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~jjhall/body_d_r3.html (17759 words)

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		Congo was suffering from a mental disorder on September 20, 1990, and finally the Medical Legal Report of October 2, 1990, established convincingly that he suffered from incarceration psychosis, or Ganser’s syndrome.
		Ganser’s syndrome is characterized by depressive episodes and hysteria.
		Persons with Ganser’s syndrome require, among other things, immediate hospitalization to alleviate their anxiety and place them in an environment relatively free of pressures, in which mental distress can be restored to balance or reduced to bearable levels and the symptoms can improve.
	www.cidh.org /annualrep/98eng/Merits/Ecuador%2011427.htm (7168 words)

	Ganser's syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)
		The syndrome was originally described in male prisoners with brain injuries.
		Sigbert Ganser first described the syndrome while working at a penal institution in Halle, Germany.
		He had noted a syndrome in three prisoners, the features of which included approximate answers to simple questions, perceptual abnormalities such as visual and auditory hallucinations, clouding of consciousness, and symptoms of somatic conversion (also known as functional or hysterical symptoms).
	www.whonamedit.com /synd.cfm/1351.html (357 words)

	Dictionary Page CO.UK - psychology - Ganser's+syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Also called nonsense syndrome, syndrome of approximate answers, or prison psychosis; classified in DSM-IV as one of the dissociative disorders.
		The syndrome is commonly associated with dissociative amnesia or fugue.
		The syndrome is described most frequently in prison inmates form whom it may represent an attempt to gain leniency from prison or court officials.
	psychology.b.dictonarypage.co.uk /Ganser%26%2339%3Bs+syndrome (147 words)

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	Book Excerpt: Psychopathology and Function, Third Edition
		There is a group of dementias labeled pseudodementia (e.g., Ganser syndrome) that are thought to be psychogenic rather than biological in origin (Jeste, Gierz, and Harris, 1990).
		Pseudodementia (i.e., Ganser syndrome) is characterized by a course that is not deteriorating and by differences between the subjective report of the individual about severity and the objective findings.
		A particular kind of amnesia is found in Korsakoff’s syndrome (Nickel, 1990), a potential consequence of long-term alcohol abuse.
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		Web MD - Miller-Keane Medical Dictionary, 2000 Munchausen syndrome - (mun´chow-zen) habitual seeking of hospital treatment for apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and dramatic history, all of which is false.
		It is subtyped on the basis of whether the predominant signs and symptoms are physical ("munchausen syndrome" MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME), psychological, or both.
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	Psychology Today's Conditions Center: Malingering
		For example, Ganser syndrome refers to when responses to questions are intentionally incorrect in order to fake psychosis.
		This syndrome is also known as approximation, nonsense syndrome.
		It has implications for abuse of the medical system and resources, since unnecessary tests may be performed and the clinicians" time may be spent on these patients as opposed to those with legitimate health problems.
	cms.psychologytoday.com /conditions/malingering.html (483 words)

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