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Factitious disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Factitious disorders are conditions in which a person acts as if he or she has an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating symptoms. Factitious disorder by proxy is a condition in...
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A fourth type, factitious disorder not otherwise specified, includes those disorders with factitious symptoms that do not meet the criteria for factitious disorder. ... The causes of factitious disorder are not well defined. One psychodynamic explanation asserts that patients with factitious disorder, who often have...
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Dissociation and dissociative disorders | Dissociation and ...; DSM-IV-TR specifies three criteria for factitious disorder: The patient is ... Causes and symptoms Causes In general, amnestic disorders are caused by ...;
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More about Factitious Disorders: Definition Causes and symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Resources Factitious Disorders: Causes and symptoms No ... Medical Encyclopedia: Factitious Disorders: Causes and symptoms...
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Factitious disorders are considered mental disorders and fall within the province of those psychological conflicts which warrant treatment. For complex reasons, the patient suffering from factitious disorder needs to be perceived as injured or ill in order to meet underlying, chiefly unconscious, needs.
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See Also: Factitious Disorder: Introduction & Overview; Factitious Disorder: Causes and Prevalence; Factitious Disorder: Types ; Factitious Disorder: Signs and Symptoms; Factitious Disorder: Treatment...
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Feigned AIDS may be associated with various types of psychiatric disorders, including chronic factitious disorder with physical symptoms. ... (HIV causes AIDS.) A case is described of a homosexual man who gave a history of diagnoses and symptoms of AIDS, but had no evidence of the disease based on historical,
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