When the lie is the truth: Grounded theory analysis of an online support group for factitious disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 209-218

  Lawlor, Aideen ^a   Kirakowski, Jurek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Addictive behaviour; Factitious disorder; Grounded theory; Munchausen ayndrome; Online support groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEAR; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF HELP;

COMMUNICATION; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 84902081894     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.03.034     Document Type: Article

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