Playing sick?
Subtitle: untangling the web of Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen by proxy, malingering,and factitious disorder
By: Marc D. Feldman ; foreword by James C. Hamilton.
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Factitious disorders.; Malingering.; Munchausen syndrome.; Munchausen syndrome by proxy.; Munchausen Syndrome.; Factitious Disorders.; Malingering.; Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dying for attention; title: Disease or deception? an overview of the issues; title: Pseudologia fantastica: lies larger than life; title: Invading the body: the enemy within; title: Feverish ploys; title: Out of control: when the ruse becomes real; title: False accusations and the girl who cried "wolf"; title: Drawing back the curtains: the motives behind the madness; title: Mental masquerades; title: Munchausen by proxy: when factitious disorder becomes abuse; title: Munchausen by proxy II: after detection; title: Cyber-deception: virtual factitious disorder and Munchausen by internet; title: People who care: the casualties of deception; title: Conscience, ethics, and the law; title: Detection and diagnosis; title: Healing: intervention and treatment.