Long-term psychotherapy of Munchausen syndrome.
In this paper we describe the long-term outpatient psychotherapy of a patient with Munchausen syndrome. We present detailed observations on the role of current object relations in the evolution of factitious symptoms, and discuss the communicative aspects of this behavior.
D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009289:Narcissism; D009769:Object Attachment; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014342:Truth Disclosure