When Being Sick Becomes the Goal
What happens when someone deliberately creates an illness to receive medical attention? And what happens when an innocent child becomes the patient? In this episode of Off the Couch Psychology, Dr. Jerry Cunningham explores the disturbing world of factitious disorder, once commonly associated with Munchausen syndrome,…
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