The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders

Feldman, Marc D., M.D. (Editor)/ Feldman, Marc D., M.D./ Eisendrath, Stuart J. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 088048909X / ISBN 13: 9780880489096

Published by Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc, 1996

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1st edition. 229 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders
• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub Inc
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 088048909X
• ISBN 13: 9780880489096
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.44 kilograms

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Synopsis

Factitious disorder presents one of the most challenging variants of psychopathology in medicine. The book is the first for professionals to offer a comprehensive overview of current thinking about patients who feign or induce illness--in themselves or others--to accrue the intangible benefits of the "sick" role.

About the Author

Marc D. Feldman, M.D., is Associate Professor, Vice Chair for Clinical Services, and Director of the Division of Adult Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB). He is also Medical Director of the UAB Center for Psychiatric Medicine. Dr. Feldman has lectured widely to both professional and lay audiences and is the co-author of the book Patient or Pretender: Inside the Strange World of Factitious Disorders.

Stuart J. Eisendrath, M.D., is Director of the Consultation-Liaison Program at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, and a Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.