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Temporary Munchausen Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. M. Higgins
P. M. Higgins*
Affiliation:
University of London; Waitings, Heathfield Lane, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 6AH
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Abstract

Over 14 years a patient was admitted at least 91 times to at least 25 general and four psychiatric hospitals and treated for a wide range of conditions that she did not have. She appears to have recovered. The medical and psychiatric care she received probably contributed to the onset of this disorder in a person already vulnerable, and to its maintenance.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 157 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 613 - 616
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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