title: [Somatic disorders, factitious disorders and simulation: the subtle art of differential diagnosis].
abstract: In every day practice, it is difficult, sometimes impossible, and always ethically delicate to determine the differential diagnosis between: disorders of a somatic nature, simulation and factitious disorders, as much for the psychiatrist as for the general practitioner in the front line. Our aim is to lead a reflection on this controversial theme on the basis of a clinical illustration.
authors.affiliation: Service de psychogériatrie, Secteur psychiatrique Ouest vaudois, 1188 Gimel. Valter.Lleshi@hospvd.ch
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lleshi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Le Goff-Cubilier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Budry
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bryois
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009110:Munchausen Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome