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	Healthygenius.com - Factitious Disorder
		Factitious disorders are mental disorders in which a person acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when, in fact, he or she has consciously created his or her symptoms.
		People with factitious disorders behave this way because of an inner need to be seen as ill or injured, not to achieve a concrete benefit, such as a financial gain.
		Factitious disorders are similar to another group of mental disorders called somatoform disorders, which also involve the presence of symptoms that are not due to actual physical illnesses.
	www.healthygenius.com /-factitious-disorder (323 words)

	Factitious disorder - Definition, Description, Causes and symptoms, Demographics, Diagnosis, Treatments, Prognosis, ...
		Factitious disorder (FD) is an umbrella category that covers a group of mental disturbances in which patients intentionally act physically or mentally ill without obvious benefits.
		Factitious disorder is sometimes referred to as hospital addiction, pathomimia, or polysurgical addiction.
		As of 2002, factitious disorder is not sufficiently well understood to allow for effective preventive strategies—apart from protection of child patients and their siblings in cases of MSBP.
	www.minddisorders.com /Del-Fi/Factitious-disorder.html (2443 words)

	factitious - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Factitious Disorders, mental illnesses in which a person intentionally fabricates physical or psychological symptoms in order to assume a sick role....
		In Munchausen syndrome by proxy, also called factitious disorder by proxy, one person (usually a parent) produces symptoms in another (usually his or...
		In contrast to people with somatoform disorders, people with factitious disorders intentionally produce or fake physical or psychological symptoms in...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=factitious (107 words)

	Factitious disorder Summary
		Factitious disorders are attributed to many causes: personality disorders; child abuse; the wish to repeat a satisfying childhood relationship with a doctor; the desire to deceive or test authority figures; and the wish to assume the role of patient and be cared for.
		Factitious disorders should be distinguished from conversion disorder, in which the patient is unaware that the symptoms being experienced are not medically caused.
		The somatoform disorders, of which conversion disorder, hypochondriasis, and somatization disorder are a part, result in authentic concern in the patient, while FD patients know that they have feigned or produced the medical or psychological symptoms with which they present.
	www.bookrags.com /Factitious_disorder (813 words)

	Dr. David B. Adams - Atlanta Medical Psychology
		Psychotic disorders are chracterized by a difficulty with reality testing - differentiating what is real from what is imagined, and the disorders may be characterized by false belief systems referred to as delusions and often by auditory and/or visual hallucinations.
		Factitious Disorder involves voluntary amplification or production of physical and psychological symptoms due to internal motivation, an unconscious need to maintain oneself in the role of patient.
		There is evidence of a conduct disorder prior to age 15, and the problem is not due to some mood or thought disorder.
	www.psychological.com /psychological_disorders.htm (2064 words)

	Factitious Disorders \| AHealthyMe.com
		Factitious disorders are a group of mental disturbances in which patients intentionally act physically or mentally ill without obvious benefits.
		These disorders are variously attributed to underlying personality disorders; child abuse; the wish to repeat a satisfying childhood relationship with a doctor; and the desire to deceive or test authority figures.
		Treatment of factitious disorders is usually limited to prompt recognition of the condition and the refusal to give unnecessary medications or to perform unneeded procedures.
	www.ahealthyme.com /topic/topic100586807 (717 words)

	FACTITIOUS DISORDER : Encyclopedia Entry
		The motives of the patient can vary: for a patient with Munchausen syndrome their primary aim is to obtain sympathy, nurturance and attention, while in the case of malingering the patient wishes to obtain external gains such as drugs or disability payments or to avoid an unpleasant situation, such as military duty.
		Somatization disorder involves a patient's believing he or she has symptoms in multiple organ systems, with corresponding authentic concern.
		The somatoform disorders, of which conversion disorder, hypochondriasis, and somatization disorder are a part, result in authentic concern in the patient, while FD patients know that they have feigned or produced the medical or psychological symptoms with which they present.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Factitious_disorder (269 words)

	Factitious Disorder - Factitious Disorder Symptom, Cause, Treatment
		Patients with factitious disorders produce or exaggerate the symptoms of a physical or mental illness by a variety of methods, including contaminating urine samples with blood, taking hallucinogens, injecting themselves with bacteria to produce infections, and other similar behaviors.
		A Factitious Disorder is one in which a person fakes physical or psychological symptoms to become a patient.
		Treatment of factitious disorders is usually limited to prompt recognition of the condition and the refusal to give unnecessary medications or to perform unneeded procedures.
	www.depression-treatment-help.com /mental-disorders/disorder-factitious.htm (642 words)

	An Overview of Factitious Disorders
		People with factitious disorders are even willing to undergo painful or risky tests and operations in order to obtain the sympathy and special attention given to people who are truly ill. Factitious disorders are considered mental illnesses because they are associated with severe emotional difficulties.
		Factitious disorder with mostly psychological symptoms — As the description implies, people with this disorder mimic behavior that is typical of a mental illness, such as schizophrenia.
		A complication of factitious disorder by proxy is the abuse and potential death of the victims.
	www.clevelandclinic.org /health/health-info/docs/2800/2820.asp?index=9832 (1534 words)

	Definitions and MBP / Munchausen by Proxy Basics
		Factitious Disorder by Proxy, Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome, and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
		(also called Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome, and Factitious Disorder by Proxy) is a label for a pattern of behavior in which caretakers deliberately exaggerate and/or fabricate and/or induce physical and/or psychological-behavioral-mental health problems in others.
		This pattern of behavior constitutes a separate kind of maltreatment (abuse/neglect) that manifests as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, or a combination.
	www.mbpexpert.com /definition.html (1011 words)

	Factitious Disorder
		Factitious disorder with psychological presentation was first reported by Gelenberg in 1977 (Gelenberg 1977).
		Factitious disorder with psychological signs and symptoms is not an exceptional pathology.
		Factitious disorder with psychological symptoms is not a very uncommon or benign pathology.
	www.priory.com /psych/factitious.htm (1850 words)

	Mental Health: Factitious Disorders
		Factitious disorders are conditions in which a person acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick.
		Factitious disorder by proxy is when a person acts as if a person in their care has an illness when they do not.
		Factitious disorders are similar to another group of mental disorders called somatoform disorders, which also involve the presence of symptoms that are not due to actual physical or mental illnesses.
	www.webmd.com /mental-health/factitious-disorders (797 words)

	Factitious disorder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A factitious disorder or FD is an illness whose symptoms are either self-induced or falsified by the patient.
		The motives of the patient can vary: for a patient with Munchausen syndrome their primary aim is to obtain sympathy and nurturance, while in the case of malingering the patient wishes to obtain external gains such as drugs or disability payments.
		Factitious disorders should be distinguished from conversion disorder, in which the patient is unaware that the symptoms being experienced are not medically caused.
	www.kiwipedia.com /factitious-disorder.html (95 words)

	ASM 15(4); Case Report: Munchausen Syndrome
		At this stage, suspicion was raised regarding the possible factitious nature of her problem because of an inability to explain the cause of her abscesses and growth of multiple organisms from the lesions.
		Factitious disorders should be distinguished from malingering, also in which the symptoms are produced intentionally but the individual has an obvious goal to achieve, such as to avoid standing trial or essential services and sometimes to receive compensation.
		Factitious disorder is divided into three subtypes: with predominantly psychological signs and symptoms - with predominantly physical signs and symptoms (Munchausen syndrome) - with combined psychological and physical signs and symptoms.
	www.kfshrc.edu.sa /annals/154/94280/94280.html (1755 words)

	Ericmart
		The disorder is characterized by the deliberate fabrication or induction of medical symptoms in a child by an adult caretaker.
		Even if every single factitious mother fits this profile, it is likely that using this type of data to identify the disorder will produce an unacceptably high rate of false positives (that is, indicating FDBP when it is not present).
		For example, a parent with a personality disorder with prominent narcissistic and paranoid features might mistrust the opinions of physicians caring for her child, derive satisfaction in proving them wrong, and enjoy the secondary gain of being the brave parent of a chronically ill child.
	www.msbp.com /ericmart.htm (3893 words)

	Factitious Disorders (FD) Overview, Cause, Symptoms, Treatment, Medication
		Patients with Factitious Disorders knowingly fake symptoms, but do so for psychological reasons not for monetary or other discrete objectives as in the case of Malingering.
		Factitious disorder with psychological presentation was first reported by Gelenberg in 1977 (Gelenberg 1977).
		In the case of factitious disorder by proxy, the main goal is to ensure the safety and protection of any real or potential victims.
	www.depression-guide.com /disorder-factitious.htm (660 words)

	UpToDate Factitious disorder and Munchausen syndrome
		— Factitious disorder is one form of feigned illness that must be carefully distinguished from malingering and somatoform disorders, a distinction based upon intentionality and objective.
		Malingering and factitious disorder both differ from somatoform disorders (eg, hypochondriasis, conversion disorder, pain syndrome) in that the former are voluntarily produced while the latter are not.
		Factitious disorder and malingering occasionally occur together, while concurrent factitia and somatoform disorders are rare.
	patients.uptodate.com /topic.asp?file=psychiat/5849 (466 words)

	Adhesion Related Disorder { ARD}
		A Factitious Disorder is also characterized by "the intentional production of physical or psychological signs or symptoms", but differs from malingering in that the motivation for the symptom production in Factitious Disorder is to assume the sick role rather than to obtain the external incentives which are the hallmark of malingering.
		He reports, for example, that most malingerers are seen on an outpatient basis while factitious disorder is often seen on an inpatient service, that malingerers seem "agreeable" while those with factitious illness are "belligerent" and that the primary source of motivation is "external" in malingerers and "internal" in those with factitious disorder.
		Factitious disorders are well-recognized among psychiatrists, but they have not received the attention--or advocacy among consumers, families, and professionals--that have greeted more common ailments such as depression.
	www.adhesionrelateddisorder.com /Munchausen-by-Internet.html (12544 words)

	Factitious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Factitious disorder is an illness with no identifiable physical causes, in which the patients are intentionally producing or faking symptoms in order to assume a sick role.
		The latter is the related disorder in which parents produce physical illnesses in their children, in order to assume the role of patient indirectly through the position of their children.
		Factitious disorder seems to also be most prevalent among women, but more extreme cases seem to be more frequent in men.
	www.coldwater.k12.mi.us /abnormal/factitious.htm (406 words)

	Factitious Disorder
		Factitious disorder is distinguished from malingering where there is external motivation for the symptom production, a patient with a factitious disorder intentionally produces physical symptoms without external incentives.
		Some clinicians have remarked that patients with factitious disorder often present traumatic events, particularly abuse and deprivation and numerous hospitalizations in childhood and as adults lack support from relatives and/or friends.
		From a behavioral point of view factitious disorder is regarded as a coping mechanism, learned and reinforced in childhood.
	www.psychnet-uk.com /dsm_iv/factitious_disorder.htm (561 words)

	Factitious syndromes - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Factitious disorders refer to any medical condition whereby a person feigns symptoms or otherwise fakes their illness in order to get some benefit.
		Somatoform disorders or psychosomatic symptoms are also different from factitious syndromes, because in these cases the person is not aware that their mind is causing the symptoms and is not conciously doing so with intent.
		A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and dramatic history, all of which is false.
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /f/factitious_syndromes/intro.htm (537 words)

	Factitious disorders
		Factitious disorders are a group of mental disturbances in which patients intentionally act physically or mentally ill without obvious benefits.
		These disorders are variously attributed to underlying personality disorders; child abuse; the wish to repeat a satisfying childhood relationship with a doctor; and the desire to deceive or test authority figures.
		Diagnosis of factitious disorders is usually based on the exclusion of bona fide medical or psychiatric conditions, together with a combination of the signs listed earlier.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/factitious_disorders.jsp (696 words)

	Factitious
		Factitious Disorder - Munchausen Syndrome - Patients with this disorder knowingly fake symptoms, but do so for psychological reasons not for monetary or other discrete objectives as in the case of Malingering.
		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.
		Factitious Disorder By Proxy/Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome - Information on the disorder and how to succeed in a MSP case, a knowledge quiz, and resources.
	www.nurses.info /mental_health_factitious.htm (529 words)

	Factitious disorder \| Psihoterapie Net :: Cabinet de psihoterapie, consiliere si evaluare psihologica in Bucuresti
		Psychological FD Factitious disorder with predominantly psychological signs and symptoms is listed by DSM-IV-TRas the first subcategory of the disorder.
		Physical FD Factitious disorder wih predominantly physical signs and symptoms is the most familiar to medical personnel.
		Virtual FD Although virtual factitious disorder does not appear as a heading in any present diagnostic manual, it is a phenomenon that has appeared with increasing frequency with the spread of the Internet.
	www.psihoterapie.net /factitious-disorder (2291 words)

	Healthinmind/MentalDisorders/FactitiousDisorder
		People with factitious disorder are great con men or con women, although what they obtain through their conning most people would far rather not have.
		People with Factitious Disorder (FD) are not pretending to be sick in order to gain benefits external to the disorder, for example, to get insurance money.
		They may become expert in producing the symptoms of disorders, expert enough in many cases to con physicians and surgeons into treating them or operating on them for nonexistent maladies, or mental health professionals into treating them for imaginary disorders.
	healthinmind.com /english/factittxt.htm (461 words)

	Chronic Illness: Disease or Deception? The Mystery of Factitious Disorders
		Jenny was suffering not only from a broken heart, but from an emotional ailment called "factitious disorder." People with factitious disorder feign or actually induce illness in themselves, typically to garner the nurturance of others.
		At the same time, factitious disorder patients are recognizing that, twisted as their behavior may seem even to themselves, help is available.
		Instead, we now know that factitious disorder is among the trickiest of psychological ailments to address, and intervention must be informed, carefully planned, and, above all, humane.
	www.selfhelpmagazine.com /articles/chronic/factit.html (752 words)

	Patients Who Strive to Be Ill: Factitious Disorder With Physical Symptoms -- Krahn et al. 160 (6): 1163 -- Am J ...
		Factitious disorder with physical symptoms is challenging for
		41 patients with factitious disorders in a hospital population.
		Eisendrath SJ, Rand DC, Feldman MD: Factitious disorders and litigation, in The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders.
	ajp.psychiatryonline.org /cgi/content/full/160/6/1163 (2545 words)

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