Munchausen Syndrome (Factitious Disorder)
Munchausen Syndrome or the Factitious Disorder is a mental illness where the sufferers purposefully fake or exaggerate physical or emotional illnesses to become a patient. The behaviour is usually fuelled by seeking attention, sympathy or caring, and not with a real wish to be sick.
Munchausen Syndrome (Factitious Disorder) Overview
Understanding Causes, Symptoms, and Risk Factors
Causes
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Trauma or abuse in childhood
- Past of hospitalizations History of frequent hospitalizations
- The lack of parental care at an early age
- Emotional problems
- Desire to be noticed or felt sorry, loved or be liked, etc.
- Mental disorders (e.g. borderline or narcissistic temper)
- Low self-esteem
- Want to be felt significant or looked after
- Acquired behavior of a sick role as a child
- Cerebral illnesses (e.g. depression or anxiety)
Symptoms
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Simulating or making the medical symptoms up
- A readiness to have painful or risky tests
- Recurrent visits to the hospitals with vague complaints
- Irregular medical history
- They are visible when under observation only
- Interfering with medical tests e.g. contaminating urine sample Tampering with medical tests (e.g. contaminating urine samples)
- Comprehensive familiarity with medical vocabulary and procedures at the hospital
- Belonging to multiple hospitals (doctor shopping)
- Denying doctors an opportunity to consult former healthcare providers
- Getting indignant or defensive at being asked
Risk Factors
Can Munchausen Syndrome be prevented?
Treatment is also struggling and usually treated with psychiatric help in order to guess at the bottom of the emotional needs and along with trauma that lead to the disorder. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the psychotherapy that can assist the person to understand his behaviour and control it. The best thing that can be done to make the people with Munchausen Syndrome find assistance is to build an encouraging relationship with mental health professionals.
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