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Munchausen syndrome: a standalone construct

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Munchausensyndrome1 CONSTRUCTMunchausen syndrome ASHER · PSYCHIATRY

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a pattern of patients repeatedly feigning or inducing illness and seeking hospital care, often with dramatic, false histories.

In psychiatry, Munchausen syndrome refers to a pattern of patients repeatedly feigning or inducing illness and seeking hospital care, often with dramatic, false histories. This meaning comes from Asher (1951) in The Lancet.[1]

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References

  1. Asher, R. (1951). Munchausen's Syndrome. The Lancet, 257(6650), 339-341. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(51)92313-6

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