Authors
Citation
Sd. Nicholson et Ga. Roberts, PATIENTS WHO (NEED TO) TELL STORIES, British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 51(10), 1994, pp. 546-549
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
00071064
Volume
51
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
546 - 549
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1064(1994)51:10<546:PW(TTS>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
There are no objective means of verifying a psychiatric diagnosis. Som
e patients appear to exploit this inherent uncertainty by claiming to
be mentally ill when they are not. Occasional exaggeration or feigning
of illness may be normal, but persistent, severe or recurrent simulat
ion is rare, is associated with major character disorder and has a poo
r prognosis.