Dissociation : Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 054-060 : Munchausen's Syndrome as a Dissociative Disorder
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Date
1988-03
Authors
Goodwin, Jean, 1946-
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Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality & Dissociation
Abstract
A patient is described who was diagnosed as having Munchausen's Syndrome and Munchausen's by Proxy as well as Multiple Personality Disorder. Commonalities between Munchausen's and Multiple Personality Disorder include: multigenerational patterns, self-mutilating behaviors, multiple somatic symptoms, having been accused of lying, use of many different names, and fuguelike disappearances . Commonalities between Munchausen's and child abuse related behaviors include hospital peregrination and the production of inadequate explanations for inflicted injuries. The present case is one of a series of Munchausen' s Syndrome case reports in which extreme abuse has been documented in the patient's childhood.
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p. 054-060