Factitious physical disorders: treatment without confrontation.
Much of the psychiatric literature advocates vigorous confrontation of patients with factitious physical disorder. Believing that such a strategy often drives the patient to a new physician, the author developed alternatives to confrontation. These strategies include use of inexact interpretations of psychological defenses, therapeutic use of a double bind, and use of techniques that allow the patient to give up the factitious symptoms without losing face.
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D000328:Adult; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012752:Shame