Patients who strive to be ill: Factitious disorder with physical symptoms

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1163-1168

  Krahn, Lois E ^a   Li, Hongzhe ^a   O'Connor, M Kevin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MINNESOTA; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0038488246     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.6.1163     Document Type: Article

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