Simulated illness: The factitious disorders and malingering

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 621-641

  McCullumsmith, Cheryl B ^a   Ford, Charles V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Factitious disorder; Malingering; Munchausen syndrome; Simulated illness

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FAKED BAD SCALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAW SUIT; MALINGERING; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; MEYER INDEX; MORTALITY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; RATING SCALE; RELIABLE DIGIT SPAN; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED INVENTORY OF MALINGERED SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 80052236037     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: 15583147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2011.05.013     Document Type: Review

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