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‘Military Munchausen's’: assessment of factitious claims of military service in psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Martin Baggaley
Martin Baggaley*
Affiliation:
The Ladywell Unit, Lewisham Hospital, London SE13 6LH
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Abstract

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Thirteen per cent of referrals of ex-servicemen to a military psychiatric centre for the treatment of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a 12-month period have proved to be factitious. A simple classification of factitious combat-related PTSD into those with no military service and those with military service but with false claims of combat is described. The possible causes of this behaviour are discussed and a guide to the detection of factitious claims for psychiatrists without military experience is given.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , March 1998 , pp. 153 - 154
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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