factitious disorder imposed on another
behavioral disorder in which an adult fakes an illness in (mostly) a child or other proxy(s)
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factitious disorder imposed on another
Summary
factitious disorder imposed on another is a mental disorder[1]. It draws 5,562 Wikipedia views per month (mental_disorder category, ranking #7 of 60).[2]
Key Facts
- factitious disorder imposed on another is credited with the discovery of Roy Meadow[3].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's instance of is recorded as mental disorder[4].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's instance of is recorded as child abuse[5].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's instance of is recorded as class of disease[6].
- Baron Munchausen is named after factitious disorder imposed on another[7].
- factitious disorder imposed on another is a type of factitious disorder[8].
- factitious disorder imposed on another is a type of disease[9].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1977[10].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's different from is recorded as Münchausen syndrome[11].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's health specialty is recorded as psychiatry[12].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's health specialty is recorded as psychology[13].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0060045[14].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0060045[15].
- factitious disorder imposed on another's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[16].
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Works and Contributions
factitious disorder imposed on another is credited with the discovery of Roy Meadow[3].
Why It Matters
factitious disorder imposed on another draws 5,562 Wikipedia views per month (mental_disorder category, ranking #7 of 60).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]