Factitious disorder: A systematic review of 455 cases in the professional literature

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 20-28

  Yates, Gregory P ^a   Feldman, Marc D ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabricated illness; Factitious disorder; Medical deception; Medically unexplained symptoms; Munchausen syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969492199     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2016.05.002     Document Type: Review

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