Playing Sick?

Untangling the Web of Munchausen Syndrome, Munchausen by Proxy, Malingering, and Factitious Disorder
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-54075-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 596 g

Reihe: Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions

In the classic edition of this outstanding book, originally published in 2004, Dr. Marc Feldman explores the bizarre cases of real patients who feign or even self-induce illness. Playing Sick? chronicles the devastating impact of illness hoaxes, including factitious disorders, Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen by proxy, and malingering. Based on years of research and clinical practice, Playing Sick? provides the clues that can help professionals, family members, friends, and patients themselves to recognize these diagnoses, avoid invasive procedures, and understand elusive motives. Dr. Feldman offers practical advice to get emotionally ill patients the help they need.

This classic edition is essential reading for physicians, social workers, and anyone interested in why and how individuals fabricate illness.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feldman, Marc

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A new introduction by Dr. Stuart Eisendrath.

Foreword
Preface
Introduction by Dr. James Hamilton.

1. Dying for Attention
2. Disease or Deception? An Overview of the Issues
3. Pseudologia Fantastica: Lies Larger Than Life.

4. Invading the Body: The Enemy Within
5. Feverish Ploys
6. Out of Control: When the Ruse Becomes Real
7. False Accusations and the Girl Who Cried "Wolf"
8. Drawing Back the Curtains: The Motives Behind the Madness
9. Mental Masquerades
10. Munchausen by Proxy: When Factitious Disorder Becomes Abuse
11. Munchausen by Proxy II: After Detection
12. Cyber-Deception: Virtual Factitious Disorder and Munchausen by Internet
13. People Who Care: The Casualties of Deception
14. Conscience, Ethics, and the Law
15. Detection and Diagnosis
16. Healing: Intervention and Treatment

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Feldman is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. A Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Feldman is an international expert in medical deception. He is the author of five books, more than one hundred peer-reviewed articles, and has appeared as an expert in dozens of television programs, print media, and documentaries throughout the world.