title: [Simulated illnesses. Especially Munchausen syndrome].
abstract: Factitious disorders pose considerable problems for doctors with respect to diagnosis and therapy. Simulation, the conversion syndrome and the Muenchausen syndrome should be distinguished as individual aspects of the disease. The Muenchausen syndroms has a unfavourable prognosis, as it is difficult to diagnose, in addition to which the patients in question are not approachable for necessary psychiatric treatment.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zastrow
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Vorgetäuschte Krankheiten. Insbesondere das Münchhausen-Syndrom.