Factitious disorder on an inpatient psychiatry ward

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Gregory, Robert J ^a   Jindal, Shefali ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Factitious disorder; Munchausen's syndrome; Somatization; Somatoform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33745174116     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.1.31     Document Type: Review

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