Munchausen syndrome

Introduction: Munchausen syndrome

Description of Munchausen syndrome

Munchausen syndrome: The name is correctly spelled Munchausen, not Munchhausen, Münchhausen, or Münchausen. Repeated fabrication of clinically convincing simulations of disease for the purpose of gaining medical attention; a term referring to patients who wander from hospital to hospital feigning acute medical or surgical illness and giving false and fanciful information about their medical and social background for no apparent reason other than to gain attention.factitious disorder
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Munchausen syndrome: A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and dramatic history, all of which is false.
Source: Diseases Database

Munchausen syndrome: A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and dramatic history, all of which is false.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Munchausen syndrome:

Terms Similar to Munchausen syndrome:

• Factitious disease
• Hospital addiction syndrome

Source: Diseases Database

• Hospital-Addiction Syndrome

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Munchausen syndrome

• Factitious Disorders

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Munchausen syndrome

The following list attempts to classify Munchausen syndrome into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Mental Disorders
  • Factitious Disorders
    • Munchausen Syndrome

External links related to: Munchausen syndrome

• eMedicine - Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy : Article by Jon Donavon Mason, MD, FACEP, FAAP
• eMedicine - Factitious Disorder : Article by Todd S Elwyn, MD
• eMedicine - Munchausen Syndrome : Article by William Ernoehazy, Jr, MD, FACEP
• eMedicine - Munchausen Syndrome : Article by James C Hamilton, PhD

Source: Diseases Database

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