Munchhausen by proxy
Munchhausen syndrome by proxy.
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Recurrent feigning of catastrophic illnesses. Munchhausen syndrome is a psychological disorder that is characterized by the recurrent presentation of the patient for treatment of an acute and often dire illness that is, in reality, not present. The person with Munchhausen syndrome usually gives a plausible and dramatic history. All of it is entirely false. The […]
- Munchhausen syndrome
(This is an alternate entry to Münchausen syndrome. Münchausen has an umlaut over the u but it is sometimes written as “Münchausen” without the umlaut in English.) A recurrent feigning of catastrophic illnesses, a psychological disorder that is characterized by the recurrent presentation of the patient for treatment of an acute and often dire illness […]
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