Factitious Disorder on an Inpatient Psychiatry Ward

Overview

Journal Am J Orthopsychiatry

Publisher American Psychological Association

Specialties Psychiatry
Psychology

Date 2006 Mar 30

PMID 16569124

Citations 4

Authors

Robert J Gregory

Shefali Jindal

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Abstract

The authors present 6 cases of factitious disorder seen on a general adult inpatient psychiatry unit of a university hospital. They review the clinical features of this disorder and suggest that factitious disorder is much more prevalent among psychiatric inpatients than is commonly recognized. Strategies to assist in the diagnosis and management this disorder are detailed.

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