Psychopathology of perpetrators of fabricated or induced illness in children: Case series

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-118

  Bass, Christopher ^a   Jones, David ^b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; OFFENDER; SOCIAL WORK; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; VICTIM;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECEPTION; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SIBLINGS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961001251     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.074088     Document Type: Article

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