The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders
Language: English
Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 1996
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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.
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- Title
- The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders
- Author
- Marc D Feldman Md
- Publisher
- American Psychiatric Association Publishing
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 088048909X
- ISBN 13
- 9780880489096
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.
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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.
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