Citation

Bools C. Br. J. Psychiatry 1996; 169(3): 268-275.

Affiliation

Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Royal United Hospital, Bath.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8879711

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Since 1977 a literature has grown describing examples of factitious illness by proxy (FIP). METHOD: The literature in English was searched using MEDLINE and supplemented by a manual search. Extracted data focused on terminology of a spectrum of behaviours, clinical features and psychopathology of perpetrators. RESULTS: There has been difficulty with the use of terminology and classification of psychiatric disorders. CONCLUSIONS: The spectrum of FIP is wide. Suggestions are made for the use of terminology and classification when FIP is identified.

Language: en