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Playing sick? Untangling the web of Munchausen Syndrome, Munchausen by Proxy, malingering and factitious disorder
- Author:
- FELDMAN Marc D.
- Publisher:
- Brunner Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 288p.
- Place of publication:
- New York
This book reviews epidemiology, presentation, course, motivations, and treatment for each of the disorders. Most chapters include case descriptions of individuals with the various disorders. Some cases are expressed in the patient's own voice. In addition, the book presents many cases from the perspective of friends and family members, who describe their experiences with the disorders. The case descriptions provide an insight into the lives of individuals with these disorders. The book is divided into chapters based on the individual disorders. The book concludes with a discussion of how to diagnose a disorder of simulation, the issues of malpractice and patients' rights, and treatment interventions. The chapter on malpractice and patients' rights provides useful information for clinicians who work with this patient population. The book uses DSM-IV definitions of the various disorders of simulation.
Safeguarding children in whom illness is fabricated or induced: All Wales ACPC protocol
- Author:
- ALL WALES UNIT
- Publisher:
- All Wales Unit
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 13p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
The guidance provides a framework for all agencies and recommends that more specific and detailed guidance is available locally. In addition in 2001-2 The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)introduced their own working party report. The guidance gives a comprehensive overview of Fabricated Illness, and in particular the complex issues of working with families.