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mun·chausen syn·drome

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Munchausen's syndrome, Munchausen syndromenoun

    syndrome consisting of feigning acute and dramatic illness for which no clinical evidence is ever found

Wiktionary

  1. Münchausen syndromenoun

    A psychiatric disorder in which those affected feign illness or psychological trauma in order to garner attention or sympathy.

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  1. munchausen syndrome

    Munchausen Syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which individuals intentionally fake, exaggerate, or self-induce illnesses or injuries with the aim of playing the patient role. It is a factitious disorder – a mental disorder in which a person acts as if they have a physical or mental illness when they are actually not sick. People with Munchausen Syndrome go to great lengths to hide their deception, often causing serious harm to themselves in the process. The exact cause of this disorder is unknown, though it is thought to be linked to various psychological and biological factors.

Wikidata

  1. Münchausen syndrome

    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. True Münchausen syndrome fits within the subclass of factitious disorder with predominantly physical signs and symptoms, but in addition they also have a history of recurrent hospitalization, travelling, and dramatic, untrue, and extremely improbable tales of their past experiences. Nurses and doctors sometimes refer to them as frequent flyers, because they return to the hospital just as frequent flyers return to the airport. However, there is discussion to reclassify them as somatoform disorder in the DSM-5 as 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 obsessive want to create symptoms for the victim in order to obtain repeated medication or even operations.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Munchausen Syndrome

    A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and dramatic history, all of which is false.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of munchausen syndrome in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of munchausen syndrome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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