Definition
A type of factitious disorder in which the patient may practice self-mutilation and deception in order to feign acute medical illness with the objective of being hospitalized and receiving medical or surgical treatment. When detected, the patient typically leaves one hospital and appears in the emergency room of another. Also included is Munchausen syndrome by proxy in which a parent (typically the mother) deliberately injures a child to obtain the same objective.
URL Name
YF-5000-2250-500
Third Level Code
YF-5000
Taxonomy Code
YF-5000.2250-500
Parent Code
YF-5000.2250
Family Code
Y
Second Level Code
YF
Fifth Level Code
YF-5000-2250-500
Fourth Level Code
YF-5000-2250
Use References
Munchausen's Syndrome, Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Publication Status
Online