Abstract
Factitious disorders are the intentional production of feigning symptoms or disabilities; either physical or psychological. We report the case of a young girl, victim of Munchausen by proxy who became a Munchausen patient.
Highlights
Münchausen syndrome (MS) and other Factitious disorders (FD) differ from somatoform disorders because in somatoform disorders there is no evidence of deceiving clinicians [2]
For the same reason FD differ from Somatic Symptom Disorder that’s a reconceptualization of somatoform disorders in DSM5 [3]
MS is a mental disorder that is characterized by the causing or pretending to have physical or psychological symptoms in oneself
Summary
Ferrara P1*, Vitelli O2, Romani L1, Bottaro G2, Ianniello F1, Fabrizio GC1, Vena F2, Del Volgo V2, Caporale O2, Pecoraro R2, Miconi F2, Masci M2, Leone A2, Guadagno C2, Amato M2, Sbordone A2, Cutrona C2, Spina G2, Perrone G2, Basile M2 and Gatto A1 1Institute of Pediatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy 2Service of Pediatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
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