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factitious disorder

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Also known as Munchausen syndrome

disease of mental health where symptoms are deliberately produced, feigned or exaggerated in order to falsely demonstrate the presence of an illness

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Subclass of
mental disorder
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topic's main category
Category:Factitious disorders
health specialty
psychology
different from
conversion disorder
ICD-9-CM
300.16
Commons category
Factitious disorders
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