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a) Of or pertaining to polysurgery.b) Having a polysurgical addiction; repeatedly and deceptively setting up situations where he or she will receive medical attention.
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Factitious disorder — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Factitious disorder ICD10 = ICD10|F|68|1|f|60 ICD9 = ICD9|300.16 Factitious disorders are conditions in which a person acts as if he or she has an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating… … Wikipedia
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Munchausen syndrome — (This is an alternate entry to Munchhausen syndrome with two h s in Munchhausen. Whole medical reports have been written about the Munchausen syndrome incorrectly written with one h.) Recurrent feigning of catastrophic illnesses, a psychological… … Medical dictionary
Munchhausen syndrome — Recurrent feigning of catastrophic illnesses. Munchhausen syndrome is a psychological disorder that is characterized by the recurrent presentation of the patient for treatment of an acute and often dire illness that is, in reality, not present.… … Medical dictionary
Münchausen syndrome — (This is an alternate entry to Munchhausen syndrome. Münchhausen has an umlaut over the u but it is sometimes written as Munchhausen without the umlaut in English.) A recurrent feigning of catastrophic illnesses, a psychological disorder that is… … Medical dictionary
Syndrome, Munchhausen — Recurrent feigning of catastrophic illnesses. Munchhausen syndrome is a psychological disorder that is characterized by the recurrent presentation of the patient for treatment of an acute and often dire illness that is, in reality, not present.… … Medical dictionary
ВАН ГОГА СИНДРОМ – — психопатологический симптомокомплекс, при котором больные с воображаемой болезнью или без всякой мотивации оперируют себя сами или настаивают на производстве им различных операций. Чаще наблюдается при шизофрении. Описан американским психиатром H … Энциклопедический словарь по психологии и педагогике
Hysteria — In 1802, Paris psychiatrist Jean Baptiste Louyer Villermay (1775–1837), in an essay differentiating hypochondria from hysteria, described a young female patient, uncertain about romance, who, at the sight of her loved one fainted, uttering… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Hysteria-Psychosomatic-Somatization — In 1802, Paris psychiatrist Jean Baptiste Louyer Villermay (1775–1837), in an essay differentiating hypochondria from hysteria, described a young female patient, uncertain about romance, who, at the sight of her loved one fainted, uttering… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Munchausen Syndrome — Deliberately simulating medical or surgical illness in order to be admitted to hospital for an operation is a form of malingering, unlike involuntary addiction to surgery. (See HYSTERIA: Karl Menninger describes polysurgical addiction [1934].) … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
