Prevalence and risk factors for depression in factitious disorder: a systematic review
Carla Comacchio,
Delia Manuela Misca,
Riccardo Bortoletto
et al.
Abstract:ObjectiveFactitious disorder is characterized by a pattern of abnormal behavior in which patients deliberately produce, falsify, or exaggerate physical and/or psychological symptoms that have no, or little, organic basis, to assume the sick role. In the context of a factitious disorder, depression can be both a feigned disease and an associated comorbidity. We performed a systematic review to provide an overview of the relationship between factitious disorder and depression, describe the prevalence of depressi… Show more
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