A case of fictitious illness in a young Malaysian Indian male is reported and its relation to the more usual presentation of factitious disorders is discussed. Pathogenesis of this condition and its management are also suggested. Factitious disorders present not uncommonly in this country and it is important for the general duty medical officer and primary care physician to be familiar with thi...

Dermatitis artifacta is a factitious dermatological disorder with many forms of presentation of self inflicted skin lesions in any part of the body. Dermatitis artefacta is a rare and difficult condition for diagnosis and treatment mostly because of the patient's denial. The liaison among primary care physicians, psychiatrists and dermatologists can be important in the management of these patie...

Many emergency department (ED) psychiatric patients present after traveling. Although such travel, or peregrination, has long been associated with factitious disorder, other diagnoses are more common among travelers, including psychotic disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse. Travelers' intense psychopathology, disrupted social networks, lack of collateral informants, and unaware...

Secondary gain occurs when a patient consciously simulates symptoms or unconsciously acts to obtain benefits. Munchausen Syndrome is factitious disorder where individuals fake cause illnesses psychological traumas attention sympathy. These patients often seek emergency care and may have undergone unnecessary surgeries on multiple occasions. OBJECTIVE: To describe important characteristics contr...

Abstract: Factitious illness occurs when a caregiver exaggerates, falsifies, and/or induces symptoms of illness in a child. Emergency care providers are often in a unique position to evaluate these children and may be the first to recognize that factitious illness is present. The varied and unusual presentations of this entity present diagnostic challenges for the medical provider. Using a case...