MUNCHAUSEN-SYNDROME BY PROXY - THE QUESTION OF PSYCHIATRIC-ILLNESS INA CHILD

Authors
FISHER GC MITCHELL I MURDOCH D
Citation
Gc. Fisher et al., MUNCHAUSEN-SYNDROME BY PROXY - THE QUESTION OF PSYCHIATRIC-ILLNESS INA CHILD, British Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 1993, pp. 701-703
Citations number
10
Journal title
British Journal of Psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071250
Volume
162
Year of publication
1993
Pages
701 - 703
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1250(1993)162:<701:MBP-TQ>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We believe the case of a boy whose mother insisted he was psychotic is the first report considering psychiatric illness in a child as part o f the Munchausen's syndrome by proxy (MSP) complex.