Münchausen syndrome is a psychiatric factitious disorder wherein those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves. It is also sometimes known as hospital addiction syndrome, thick chart syndrome, or hospital hopper syndrome. Nurses and doctors sometimes refer to them as frequent flyers, because they return to the hospital just as frequent flyers return to the airport. It is unclear whether or not people are conscious of drawing attention to themselves. Münchausen syndrome is related to Münchausen syndrome by proxy, which refers to the abuse of another person, typically a child, in order to seek attention or sympathy for the abuser. It is an obsession to create symptoms for the victim in order to obtain repeated medication or even operations. I know of a woman, who we will simply refer to as Marnie, who suffers from this disorder! This information was taken from the internet site wikipedia! That is all!!! Your argument is invalid!!
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 05:25:10 +0000
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