TY - JOUR
T1 - Factitious posttraumatic stress disorder
AU - Sparr, L.
AU - Pankratz, L. D.
PY - 1983/1/1
Y1 - 1983/1/1
N2 - A growing number of young men have reported an array of symptoms that suggest a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. Five such men, all claiming to be Viet Nam veterans, were treated at a VA medical center; three said they were former prisoners of war. In fact, none had been prisoners of war, four had never been in Viet Nam, and two had never even been in the military. Instead, all five suffered factitious disorders. The authors describe the five patients and discuss differential diagnoses; the value of verifying military histories is stressed.
AB - A growing number of young men have reported an array of symptoms that suggest a diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder. Five such men, all claiming to be Viet Nam veterans, were treated at a VA medical center; three said they were former prisoners of war. In fact, none had been prisoners of war, four had never been in Viet Nam, and two had never even been in the military. Instead, all five suffered factitious disorders. The authors describe the five patients and discuss differential diagnoses; the value of verifying military histories is stressed.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.140.8.1016
DO - 10.1176/ajp.140.8.1016
M3 - Article
C2 - 6869583
AN - SCOPUS:0020604328
VL - 140
SP - 1016
EP - 1019
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
SN - 0002-953X
IS - 8
ER -