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Descriptor English: Factitious Disorders
Descriptor Spanish: Trastornos Fingidos
Descriptor trastornos ficticios
Entry term(s) pseudodemencia
pseudopsicosis
síndrome de Ganser
trastornos fingidos
Scope note: Trastornos caracterizados por síntomas físicos o psicológicos que no son reales, genuinos o naturales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Transtornos Autoinduzidos
Descriptor French: Troubles factices
Entry term(s): Disorders, Factitious
Ganser Syndrome
Pseudodementia
Pseudopsychosis
Syndrome, Ganser
Tree number(s): F03.875.375
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005162
Scope note: Disorders characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are not real, genuine, or natural.
Annotation: differentiate from SOMATOFORM DISORDERS: factitious are phys or psychol sympt under voluntary control, somatoform are phys sympt linked to psychol factors but not under voluntary control
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 81
History Note: 81
Entry Version: FACTITIOUS DIS
DeCS ID: 5262
Unique ID: D005162
NLM Classification: WM 178
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Date Established: 1981/01/01
Date of Entry: 1980/05/21
Revision Date: 2015/06/30
Factitious Disorders - Preferred
Concept UI M0008135
Scope note Disorders characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are not real, genuine, or natural.
Preferred term Factitious Disorders
Entry term(s) Disorders, Factitious
Ganser Syndrome - Narrower
Concept UI M0008138
Preferred term Ganser Syndrome
Entry term(s) Syndrome, Ganser
Pseudodementia - Narrower
Concept UI M0008136
Preferred term Pseudodementia
Pseudopsychosis - Narrower
Concept UI M0008137
Preferred term Pseudopsychosis



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