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Mental Disorders > Somatoform Disorders > Factitious Disorders

Preferred term

Factitious Disorders  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Ganser Syndrome
  • Pseudodementia
  • Pseudopsychosis
  • Syndrome, Ganser

Note

  • differentiate from SOMATOFORM DISORDERS: factitious are phys or psychol sympt under voluntary control, somatoform are phys sympt linked to psychol factors but not under voluntary control

Scope note

  • Disorders characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are not real, genuine, or natural.

History note

  • 81

In other languages

  • teeskentelyhäiriöt

    Finnish

  • itseaiheutettu häiriö
  • itseaiheutetut häiriöt
  • teeskentelyhäiriö
  • Simulerad sjukdom

    Swedish

  • Gansers syndrom
  • Morbus fictus
  • Pseudodemens
  • Pseudopsykos
  • Simulering av symptom

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005162

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