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Playing sick? [electronic resource] : untangling the web of Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen by proxy, malingering & factitious disorder / Marc D. Feldman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2004.Description: xxx, 288 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.85/86 22
LOC classification:
  • RC569.5.F27 F453 2004
Other classification:
  • 44.91
Online resources:
Contents:
Dying for attention -- Disease or deception? an overview of the issues -- Pseudologia fantastica: lies larger than life -- Invading the body: the enemy within -- Feverish ploys -- Out of control: when the ruse becomes real -- False accusations and the girl who cried "wolf" -- Drawing back the curtains: the motives behind the madness -- Mental masquerades -- Munchausen by proxy: when factitious disorder becomes abuse -- Munchausen by proxy 2: after detection -- Cyber-deception: virtual factitious disorder and Munchausen by internet -- People who care: the casualties of deception -- Conscience, ethics, and the law -- Detection and diagnosis -- Healing: intervention and treatment.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-256) and index.

Dying for attention -- Disease or deception? an overview of the issues -- Pseudologia fantastica: lies larger than life -- Invading the body: the enemy within -- Feverish ploys -- Out of control: when the ruse becomes real -- False accusations and the girl who cried "wolf" -- Drawing back the curtains: the motives behind the madness -- Mental masquerades -- Munchausen by proxy: when factitious disorder becomes abuse -- Munchausen by proxy 2: after detection -- Cyber-deception: virtual factitious disorder and Munchausen by internet -- People who care: the casualties of deception -- Conscience, ethics, and the law -- Detection and diagnosis -- Healing: intervention and treatment.

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