Can factitious disorder reach delusional level? A case study

The paper describes a patient, who has been consulted and hospitalized multiple times, due to dermatological lesions on his face. We will present his medical history and describe circumstances leading to the final diagnosis of factitious disorder. In the theoretical part we will try to answer the qu...

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Main Authors: Dubiel Rafał, Perzyński Adam, Kłębukowska Ida, Perzyńska-Starkiewicz Aneta, Chmiel-Perzyńska Iwona, Olajossy Marcin
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:Current Problems of Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cpp-2016-0030
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spelling doaj-5ae3c70c19c74ee2969e66e9d02f85192021-09-06T19:19:44ZdeuSciendoCurrent Problems of Psychiatry2353-86272016-12-0117430331310.1515/cpp-2016-0030cpp-2016-0030Can factitious disorder reach delusional level? A case studyDubiel Rafał0Perzyński Adam1Kłębukowska Ida2Perzyńska-Starkiewicz Aneta3Chmiel-Perzyńska Iwona4Olajossy Marcin5 University Hospital No 1, Lublin, Poland, II Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry Rehabilitation. Medical University, Lublin, Poland, II Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry Rehabilitation University Hospital No 1, Lublin, Poland, II Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry Rehabilitation. Medical University, Lublin, Poland, II Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry Rehabilitation Medical University, Lublin, Poland, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. Medical University, Lublin, Poland, II Department of Psychiatry and Psychiatry RehabilitationThe paper describes a patient, who has been consulted and hospitalized multiple times, due to dermatological lesions on his face. We will present his medical history and describe circumstances leading to the final diagnosis of factitious disorder. In the theoretical part we will try to answer the question, whether the extreme severity of the factitious disorders can, at some point, reach the level of delusions.https://doi.org/10.1515/cpp-2016-0030factitious disorderdelusions
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author Dubiel Rafał
Perzyński Adam
Kłębukowska Ida
Perzyńska-Starkiewicz Aneta
Chmiel-Perzyńska Iwona
Olajossy Marcin
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Kłębukowska Ida
Perzyńska-Starkiewicz Aneta
Chmiel-Perzyńska Iwona
Olajossy Marcin
Can factitious disorder reach delusional level? A case study
Current Problems of Psychiatry
factitious disorder
delusions
author_facet Dubiel Rafał
Perzyński Adam
Kłębukowska Ida
Perzyńska-Starkiewicz Aneta
Chmiel-Perzyńska Iwona
Olajossy Marcin
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title Can factitious disorder reach delusional level? A case study
title_short Can factitious disorder reach delusional level? A case study
title_full Can factitious disorder reach delusional level? A case study
title_fullStr Can factitious disorder reach delusional level? A case study
title_full_unstemmed Can factitious disorder reach delusional level? A case study
title_sort can factitious disorder reach delusional level? a case study
publisher Sciendo
series Current Problems of Psychiatry
issn 2353-8627
publishDate 2016-12-01
description The paper describes a patient, who has been consulted and hospitalized multiple times, due to dermatological lesions on his face. We will present his medical history and describe circumstances leading to the final diagnosis of factitious disorder. In the theoretical part we will try to answer the question, whether the extreme severity of the factitious disorders can, at some point, reach the level of delusions.
topic factitious disorder
delusions
url https://doi.org/10.1515/cpp-2016-0030
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