title: The Munchausen syndrome.
abstract: The current understanding of that peculiar group of people that fit the diagnostic entity called the Munchausen Syndrome is reviewed, and an attempt is made to elucidate their psychodynamics by suggesting that much of their behavior is motivated by disturbed object-relationships--a factor which is integral to their personality structure.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations