Factitious Illness by Proxy
- 1 September 1996
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 169 (3) , 268-275
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.169.3.268
Abstract
BACKGROUND Since 1977 a literature has grown describing examples of factitious illness by proxy (FIP). METHOD The literature in English was searched using MEDLINE and supplemented by a manual search. Extracted data focused on terminology of a spectrum of behaviours, clinical features and psychopathology of perpetrators. RESULTS There has been difficulty with the use of terminology and classification of psychiatric disorders. CONCLUSIONS The spectrum of FIP is wide. Suggestions are made for the use of terminology and classification when FIP is identified.Keywords
This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
- Factitious illness: recognition and management.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1992
- Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy (factitious illness by proxy)Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 1992
- Co-morbidity associated with fabricated illness (Munchausen syndrome by proxy).Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1992
- Suffocation, recurrent apnea, and sudden infant deathThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1990
- Munchausen Syndrome By ProxyMCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 1987
- Child abuse and recurrent infant apneaThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1986
- Peregrination in the Problem Pediatric PatientClinical Pediatrics, 1984
- Child Protective Services In Parental Mismanagement Of DiabetesThe Diabetes Educator, 1984
- Dermatitis Artefacta in Mother and Baby as Child AbuseThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1983
- Doctor shopping with the child as proxy patient: A variant of child abuseThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1982