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water_boy1999 · 01-21-2004, 01:34 PM

Here is a great link with more links on this factitious disorder:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...arc_Feldman_2/

Dr. Feldman can vouch only for the material in the links below that he has personally written. He can only rarely offer advice in specific cases. He appreciates hearing about individuals' experiences with the phenomena discussed on this page, but a response should not be expected. His email address is mdf@myself.com.

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I am a psychiatrist and author from Birmingham, Alabama. MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME is the most severe and chronic form of my area of specialty, the FACTITIOUS DISORDERS. I am an expert in MALINGERING as well (in which people do the same thing, but for external gain such as narcotics). Factitious disorders are well-recognized among psychiatrists, but they have not received the attention--or advocacy among consumers, families, and professionals--that have greeted more common ailments such as depression. However, factitious disorders can be every bit as disabling and further public and professional education are vital.

People with factitious disorders feign, exaggerate, or actually self-induce illnesses. Their aim? To assume the status of "patient," and thereby to win attention, nurturance, and lenience that they feel unable to obtain in any other way. Unlike individuals who "malinger," people with factitious disorders are not primarily seeking external gains such as disability payments or narcotic drugs--though they may receive them nonetheless.

In "MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY" (MSBP), an individual makes another person sick in order to accrue the same gains--but this time vicariously. This is a form of abuse in which children are the usual victims.

01-21-2004, 01:34 PM	#46 (permalink)
water_boy1999 Fly em straight! Location: Above and Beyond	Here is a great link with more links on this factitious disorder: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...arc_Feldman_2/ Dr. Feldman can vouch only for the material in the links below that he has personally written. He can only rarely offer advice in specific cases. He appreciates hearing about individuals' experiences with the phenomena discussed on this page, but a response should not be expected. His email address is mdf@myself.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am a psychiatrist and author from Birmingham, Alabama. MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME is the most severe and chronic form of my area of specialty, the FACTITIOUS DISORDERS. I am an expert in MALINGERING as well (in which people do the same thing, but for external gain such as narcotics). Factitious disorders are well-recognized among psychiatrists, but they have not received the attention--or advocacy among consumers, families, and professionals--that have greeted more common ailments such as depression. However, factitious disorders can be every bit as disabling and further public and professional education are vital. People with factitious disorders feign, exaggerate, or actually self-induce illnesses. Their aim? To assume the status of "patient," and thereby to win attention, nurturance, and lenience that they feel unable to obtain in any other way. Unlike individuals who "malinger," people with factitious disorders are not primarily seeking external gains such as disability payments or narcotic drugs--though they may receive them nonetheless. In "MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY" (MSBP), an individual makes another person sick in order to accrue the same gains--but this time vicariously. This is a form of abuse in which children are the usual victims. __________________ Doh!!!! -Homer Simpson