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Chapter V

Other disorders of adult personality and behaviour - F68


F68.0 Elaboration of physical symptoms for psychological reasons
Physical symptoms compatible with and originally due to a confirmed physical disorder, disease or disability become exaggerated or prolonged due to the psychological state of the patient. The patient is commonly distressed by this pain or disability, and is often preoccupied with worries, which may be justified, of the possibility of prolonged or progressive disability or pain.
Compensation neurosis
F68.1 Intentional production or feigning of symptoms or disabilities, either physical or psychological [factitious disorder]
The patient feigns symptoms repeatedly for no obvious reason and may even inflict self-harm in order to produce symptoms or signs. The motivation is obscure and presumably internal with the aim of adopting the sick role. The disorder is often combined with marked disorders of personality and relationships.
Hospital hopper syndrome
Munchhausen's syndrome
Peregrinating patient
    Excludes:
  • factitial dermatitis ( L98.1 )
    person feigning illness (with obvious motivation) ( Z76.5 )
F68.8 Other specified disorders of adult personality and behaviour
Character disorder NOS
Relationship disorder NOS


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