Factitious disorder Health Article

BOOKS

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.4th edition, text revised. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2000.

Eisendrath, Stuart J., MD. "Psychiatric Disorders." In Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2000,edited by Lawrence M. Tierney, Jr., MD, and others. Stamford, CT: Appleton and Lange, 2000.

"Psychiatry in Medicine," Section 15, Chapter 185 in The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, edited by Mark H. Beers, MD, and Robert Berkow, MD. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck Research Laboratories, 2000.

PERIODICALS

Andersen, H. S., D. Sestoft, and T. Lillebaek. "Ganser Syndrome After Solitary Confinement in Prison: A Short Review and a Case Report." Norwegian Journal of Psychiatry55 (2001): 199-201.

Daly, Robert C., MPH, and Can M. Savasman, MD. "Ganser Syndrome." eMedicine Journal3, no. 1 (January 14, 2002).

Elwyn, Todd S., MD, and Iqbal Ahmed, MD. "Factitious Disorder." eMedicine Journal2, no. 11 (November 5, 2001).

Feldman, Marc D., and Charles V. Ford. "Liejacking." Journal of the American Medical Association271 (May 25, 1994): 574.

Gordon, Leo A. "Munchausen Patients Have Found the Computer." Medical Economics74 (September 8, 1997): 118-122.

Libow, Judith A., MD. "Child and Adolescent Illness Falsification." Pediatrics105 (February 2000): 58-64.

McEwen, Donna R., BSN. "Recognizing Munchausen's Syndrome." AORN Journal67 (February 1998): 206-211.

Paulk, David. "Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy." Clinician Reviews11 (August 2001): 783-791.

Snyder, S. L., M. S. Buchsbaum, and R. C. Krishna. "Unusual Visual Symptoms and Ganser-Like State Due to Cerebral Injury: A Case Study Using (18)F-Deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography." Behavioral Neurology11 (1998): 51-54.

Stephenson, Joan. "Patient Pretenders Weave Tangled 'Web' of Deceit." Journal of the American Medical Association 280 (October 21, 1998): 1297.

Stern, Theodore A. "How to Spot the Patient Who's Faking It." Medical Economics Journal76 (May 24, 1999): 54-56.

Szoke, Andrei, MD, and Didier Boillet, MD. "Factitious Disorder with Psychological Signs and Symptoms: Case Reports and Proposals for Improving Diagnosis." Psychiatry On-Line, 1999.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-3007. (202) 966-7300. Fax: (202) 966-2891. <www.aacap.org>.

Munchausen by Proxy Survivors Network. P. O. Box 806177, Saint Clair Shores, MI 48080. <www.mbpsnetwork.com>.

Rebecca J. Frey, Ph.D.