Münchausen’s Syndrome in the Form of Factitious Vomiting in A Young Female

authors:

avatar Babak Hemmatian Borojen 1 , * , avatar Seyyed Mohammad Salar Zaheriany 2 , avatar Nahid Hemmatian Borojeni 2 , avatar Reza Bidaki 3

Undergraduate Clinical Psychology student, Department of Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Undergraduate Medical Student, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Associate Professor and Chief of Psychiatry service, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Vol.5, issue 2; 146-49
published online: December 31, 2011
article type: Case Report
received: September 16, 2010
revised: August 22, 2010
accepted: September 19, 2011

how to cite: Hemmatian Borojen B, Salar Zaheriany S M, Borojeni N H, Bidaki R. Münchausen’s Syndrome in the Form of Factitious Vomiting in A Young Female. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2011;5(2): 146-49. 

Abstract

This case report describes a 34-year-old female patient who suffered from chronic vomiting. Different diagnostic and therapeutic procedures were noncontributory. Eventually, psychiatric interviews specified that she has a dependent, self-hurting and attention-seeking personality. She wanted to assume the “sick role”. Malingering and conversion disorder were ruled out and Münchausen’s syndrome was proposed. She received sertraline, emotional ventilation, and cognitive-behavioral therapy and her symptoms resolved. .
Declaration of interest: None.
Citation: : Hemmatian Borojeni B, Salar Zaheriany SM, Hemmatian Borojeni N, Bidaki R. Münchausen’s syndrome in the form of factitious vomiting in a young female. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci 20117T; 5(2):7T146- 9.

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