The Extended Munchausen Syndrome: A Family Case
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 138 (6) , 466-469
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.138.6.466
Abstract
The Munchausen syndrome was first described by a physician (Asher, 1951), the classical criteria being exaggerated symptoms, factitious physical signs, and the tendency to wander between hospitals (Bursten, 1965).Keywords
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