Munchausen Syndrome (Fabricating Illness)
Description
Repeated fabrication of symptoms and complaints that mimic disease for the purpose of gaining medical attention. Many patients wander from hospital to hospital feigning acute medical or surgical illness and give false information about their medical and social background for no apparent reason other than to gain attention. These patients can experience significant adverse affects from the medical tests performed.
Symptoms
Multiple physical complaints, multiple different presentations to different medical facilities, frequent changing of physicians.
Tests
A history and physical exam will be performed. A review of a patient's medical history will reveal an inordinate amount of medical testing with no diagnosis ever confirmed
Treatment
Treatment includes: psychiatric therapy, psychological therapy, and behavioral counseling.
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