The British Journal of Psychiatry 152: 418-420 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Feigned alcohol abuse. A unique case report
G Caradoc-Davies
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
A man presenting with factitious alcohol abuse and its alleged
complications is described. It is argued that chronic factitious disorders
are more logically viewed as part of that spectrum of conditions where
there is abnormal illness behaviour, including somatoform disorders and
other related conditions, than as separate nosological or diagnostic
entities.