There has been great debate concerning the existence and meaning of compensation neurosis. It is included in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 and -10 but not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR). On the eve of publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-...

Munchausen syndrome (MS) is a condition in which patient deliberately mimics signs and symptoms of health problems to gain attention from their close circle healthcare professionals. Symptoms can be self-induced or fabricated. The paper aimed discuss MS detected an adolescent girl who presented with hematological findings shift the interest factitious disorders that may confronted pediatric pra...

An increasing number of patients is being monitored in Coronary Care Units; however, there have been few attempts to standardize monitoring techniques (Marriott and Fogg, I968, I970; Marriott and Thorne, I97I). In most units, the monitoring leads are placed arbitrarily to monitor clear P and QRS complexes. Electrode positioning varies from unit to unit, from patient to patient, and even from da...

Forensic Neuropsychology is a new and rapidly evolving subspecialty of clinical neuropsychology that applies neuropsychological principles and practices to matters that pertain to legal decision-making. Forensic neuropsychologists provide the trier of fact with specialized information regarding brain-behavior relationships. The primary responsibility of the forensic neuropsychologist is to prov...

The authors review clinical and conceptual errors that contribute to false attributions of malingering in forensic evaluations. Unlike the mental disorders, malingering is not defined by a set of (relatively) enduring symptoms or traits; rather, it is an intentional, externally motivated, and context-specific form of behavior. Despite this general knowledge, attributions of malingering are ofte...

Factitious ulcers are characterized by self-inflicted lesions with multifactorial origin. These lesions are frequently found in head, neck, and hands. This report shows a 6-year-old boy diagnosed with factitious oral ulcers that occurred after the self-biting of buccal vestibule and nail-scratching of gingival tissue. Clinically, a significant swelling was observed, hard on palpation, located a...