What Is Munchausen Syndrome? What Causes Munchausen Syndrome?
Written on October 18, 2024 - 2:13 am | by admin
Munchausen syndrome (UK: Munchausen’s syndrome) is the recurrent faking of catastrophic illnesses. It is a psychological disorder in which the individual keeps coming back for treatment for an acute and often serious illness which does not exist or has been deliberately induced - patients recurrently pretend they are seriously ill and ask for treatment.
Munchausen syndrome should be spelled with a double “H”, as in Munchhausen. However, the misspelling with just one “H” has become so common that it is probably no longer considered as a spelling mistake, and most likely many people, including a significant number of health care professionals may even see the correct spelling as a typo. Continue training!
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