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Münchhauseni sündroom

1 [m`ünhh`auzeni sündr`oom] substantive

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 02.11.2026

Meanings

vaimne häire, mille korral inimene tahtlikult tekitab või mõtleb endale välja haigusnähte, et saada tähelepanu ja hoolitsust

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Sündroom võib avalduda ka hoolealuse kaudu (nt kui ema vigastab oma last või nõuab talle ohtralt meditsiinilisi uuringuid või ravi, tekitades lapsele sellega kahju).

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Domain Medicine - Pathology - Surgerypathologypsychology - psychiatry
factitious disorder imposed on self
Münchhausen syndrome
Munchausen syndrome
trouble factice auto-induit
  • a psychiatric disorder that causes an individual to self-inflict injury or illness or to fabricate symptoms of physical or mental illness, in order to receive medical care or hospitalization
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    • In a variation of the disorder, Munchausen by proxy (MSBP), an individual, typically a mother, intentionally causes or fabricates illness in a child or other person under her care.
  • falsification of physical or psychological symptoms without an obvious external incentive; the motivation for this behavior is to assume the sick role
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  • The individual seeks treatment or otherwise presents himself or herself as ill, injured, or impaired based on the feigned, falsified, or self-induced signs, symptoms, or injuries. The deceptive behaviour is not solely motivated by obvious external rewards or incentives (e.g., obtaining disability payments or evading criminal prosecution). This is in contrast to Malingering, in which obvious external rewards or incentives motivate the behaviour
factitious disorder imposed on self
Münchhausen syndrome
Munchausen syndrome
trouble factice auto-induit
syndrome de Münchhausen

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Inflection Type 22e

Siin on esitatud kõige tavalisemad vormid. Kõik võimalikud vormid leiate põhisõna juurest. Vt lähemalt Mitmeosaliste käändsõnade käänamine.

Münchhauseni sündroom Münchhauseni sündroomid
Münchhauseni sündroomi Münchhauseni sündroomide
Münchhauseni sündroomi Münchhauseni sündroome ~ Münchhauseni sündroomisid

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