The origins of factitious disorder

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 68-85

  Kanaan, Richard A A ^a   Wessely, Simon C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversion disorder; Factitious disorder; Hysteria; Illness deception; Malingering; Munchhausen's Syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY; HYSTERIA; LEGAL ASPECT; MALINGERING; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CONVERSION DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; GENDER IDENTITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HYSTERIA; MALINGERING; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951627399     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695109357128     Document Type: Article

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