factitious disorder

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Munchausen syndrome by proxy, which the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders also refers to as “factitious disorder,” is defined by its perpetrator inducing or coercing another person to fake physical and psychological symptoms expressly to obtain attention and sympathy.

From Salon

Factitious disorder is when someone falsely claims another person is ill in order to deceive other people, according to the Mayo Clinic.

From Seattle Times

Instead, she explained that Munchausen syndrome by proxy – classified under “factitious disorder imposed on another” in the latest American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – doesn’t always, or even usually, involve poison.

From The Guardian

Today, Munchausen is considered the most severe type of factitious disorder, a group of mental illnesses in which a person feigns a physical, emotional or cognitive condition.

From Washington Post

Because of his specialization in factitious disorder, Feldman hears from both victims and perpetrators of Munchausen by Internet.

From Washington Post