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The Extended Munchausen Syndrome: A Family Case

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Dorothy Black
Dorothy Black*
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University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF
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The Munchausen syndrome was first described by a physician (Asher, 1951), the classical criteria being exaggerated symptoms, factitious physical signs, and the tendency to wander between hospitals (Bursten, 1965).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 138 , Issue 6 , June 1981 , pp. 466 - 469
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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