ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

FACTITIOUS
DISORDER
(MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME)
Presented by Treyton H. Vandelune
 • What is Factitious Disorder?
• What are the 2 different sub-types of [FD]?
SUMMARY OF
• How is [FD] defined/diagnosed within the
CONTENTS DSM-V
OUR MAIN • Popular Press Piece
TOPICS TODAY
• Empirical Source
• Citations
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WHAT IS FACTITIOUS
DISORDER?
Two Different
Categories:
• [FD] Imposed on
Self
• [FD] Imposed on
Another
DSM-V DIAGNOSTIC
CRITERIA
FACTITIOUS DISORDER
IMPOSED ON SELF

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FACTITIOUS
DISORDER
IMPOSED ON
ANOTHER
 • Falsification of physical or psychological signs or
DSM-V DIAGNOSTIC symptoms, or induction of injury or disease, in
CRITERIA another, associated with identified deception.
• The individual presents another individual (victim) to
FACTITIOUS DISORDER thers as ill, impaired, or injured.
IMPOSED ON ANOTHER • The deceptive behavior is evident even in the
abscence of obvious external rewards.
• The behavior is not better explained by another mental
disorder, such as delusional disorder or another
psychotic disorder.
 Popular Press Piece
Dr. Phil - "Our Mother Has Munchausen Syndrome“
Imposed on Self
https://youtu.be/TGEaeFFWQdg
 EMPIRICAL SOURCE:

FACTITIOUS AMPD- ALTERNATIVE RECONCEPTUALIZATION

MODEL FOR OF FDBP
DISORDER BY PROXY, PERSONALITY
PARENT ALIENATION, DISORDERS
AND THE ARGUMENT
FOR
INTERRELATED
BY MICHAEL R. BÜTZ
ASPEN PRACTICE, P.C., BILLINGS, MONTANA, AND ST. VINCENT IMD- INTERRELATED PROPOSITION-FDBP &
MULTIDIMENSIONAL
HEALTHCARE, BILLINGS, MONTANA
MULTIDIMENSIONAL
F. BARTON EVANS PA ARE IMD
DIAGNOSES
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DIAGNOSIS
HEALTH SCIENCES
 Citations
• CBS Publishers & Distributors, Pvt. Ltd. (2017). Diagnostic and
statistical manual of mental disorders: Dsm-5. New Delhi.

• Bütz, M. R., & Evans, F. B. (2019, July 18). Factitious Disorder by Proxy,
Parent Alienation, and the Argument for Interrelated
Multidimensional Diagnoses. Professional Psychology: Research and
Practice. Advance online publication.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pro0000250
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