PMID- 9153796
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970618
LR  - 20051116
IS  - 0022-3980 (Print)
IS  - 0022-3980 (Linking)
VI  - 131
IP  - 3
DP  - 1997 May
TI  - Munchausen syndrome/Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
PG  - 343-52
AB  - Munchausen syndrome (MS) is characterized by patients' chronic and relentless 
      pursuit of medical treatment for combinations of symptoms of consciously 
      self-inflicted injury and falsely reported symptomatology. MS patients are 
      adults, as are perpetrators of Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP). MSBP is an 
      unusual form of child abuse in which a parent, usually the mother, brings a child 
      for medical attention with symptoms falsified or directly induced by the mother. 
      Most reports of MSBP have been of a few cases appearing in medical and pediatric 
      literature. Motivation in both disorders is unclear, and diagnosis and treatment 
      present difficult problems that require more research.
FAU - Murray, J B
AU  - Murray JB
AD  - Department of Psychology, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - J Psychol
JT  - The Journal of psychology
JID - 0376332
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Munchausen Syndrome/*diagnosis
MH  - Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy/*diagnosis
RF  - 69
EDAT- 1997/05/01 00:00
MHDA- 1997/05/01 00:01
CRDT- 1997/05/01 00:00
PHST- 1997/05/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/05/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/05/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/00223989709603520 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Psychol. 1997 May;131(3):343-52. doi: 10.1080/00223989709603520.