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  • Title: Munchausen's syndrome with a psychiatric presentation.
    Author: Gelenberg AJ.
    Journal: Dis Nerv Syst; 1977 May; 38(5):378-80. PubMed ID: 852369.
    Abstract:
    An unusual case of Munchausen's Syndrome is presented, in which the patient feigned a psychiatric history, complained of emotional symptoms and sought admission to a psychiatric unit. This variant of the usual somatic presentation is discussed in terms of the problem of motivation in Munchausen's Syndrome. Munchausen's Syndrome is a behavioral complex in which patients feign history and symptoms of illness and seek hospital admissions. Such an unusual pattern of behavior is clearly within the province of psychiatry, yet these patients, presenting most commonly with somatic symptoms, are often reluctant to see a psychiatrist and flee before being interviewed. Of 38 cases in one series, only 16 had a psychiatric consultation. The purpose of this paper is to describe an unusual case of Munchausen's Syndrome, a patient who, rather than fleeing from psychiatrists, sought admission to psychiatric units. While the genetic material available in this case is sparse, the phenomenon itself of psychiatric complaints and history in such a patient may further our understanding of, and spur futher interest in, a perplexing disorder.
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