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The Adventures of Fundi Intervention Based on the Cognitive and Emotional Processing in Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Patients
Published on: June 12, 2020
[Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in a patient with factitious disorder: therapist's and patient's perspective]
Katharina Joest1, Robert E Feldmann, Martin Bohus
1Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapeutische Medizin, Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit (ZI), Universität Heidelberg.
Objective:
Presentation of the disorder model and inpatient psychotherapy of a patient with factitious disorder as seen from the therapist's and patient's perspective.
Method:
Case report including the patient's own notations.
Results:
The description of her motives by the patient facilitated a concise planning of therapy and its successful progression.
Conclusions:
The factitious disorder is based on learning experiences and is maintained, among other things, by the care of the medical personnel. Principles and interventions of DBT could successfully be employed.
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