Factitious post-traumatic stress disorder revisited

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 116-118

  Fear, Christopher F ^a  

^a Wotton Lawn Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

factitious disorder; Munchausen syndrome; post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

EID: 0029781764     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700002688     Document Type: Article

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