A 32-year-old woman takes her 6-year-old son to a physician’s office. She says that the child often experiences episodes of breathing problems and abdominal pain. The child’s medical record shows many office visits and four abdominal surgical procedures, although no abnormalities were ever found. Physical examination and laboratory studies are unremarkable. When the doctor confront the mother with the suspicion that she is fabricating the illness in the child, the mother angrily grabs the child and leaves the office immediately. This is an example of
A. malingering
B. somotoform pain disorder
C. factitious disorder
D. conversion disorder
E. factitious disorder by proxy
Sunday, October 28, 2007
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