PsychEd Shorts 15: Factitious Disorder

<p>Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This short episode covers factitious disorder.</p><p><strong>Hosts</strong>: Jo Kikukawa (MS3), Dr. Kate Braithwaite</p><p><strong>Audio editing: </strong>Dr. Kate Braithwaite</p><p><strong>References</strong>: </p><p>1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-5, text revision (DSM-5-TR). 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 2022.</p><p>2. Irwin, M. R., Bursch, B., &amp; Solomon, D. (2025, July 21). Factitious disorder imposed on self (Munchausen syndrome). UpToDate. <a href="https://www.uptodate.com/contents/factitious-disorder-imposed-on-self-munchausen-syndrome?search=factitious+disorder&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~90&usage_type=default&display_rank=1&searchCorrelationId=681d447e-f8e6-4338-b905-ff937cad5972&searchCorrelationTerm=factitious+disorder#H368608737"><u>https://www.uptodate.com/contents/factitious-disorder-imposed-on-self-munchausen-syndrome?search=factitious+disorder&amp;source=search_result&amp;selectedTitle=1~90&amp;usage_type=default&amp;display_rank=1&amp;searchCorrelationId=681d447e-f8e6-4338-b905-ff937cad5972&amp;searchCorrelationTerm=factitious+disorder#H368608737</u></a></p><p>3. PsychDB. (2021, December). Factitious Disorder. Factitious Disorder - PsychDB </p><p>4. Roesler, T. A., &amp; Jenny, C. (2026, June 12). Medical child abuse (Munchausen syndrome by proxy). UpToDate. <a href="https://www.uptodate.com/contents/medical-child-abuse-munchausen-syndrome-by-proxy?search=factitious+disorder&source=search_result&selectedTitle=3~90&usage_type=default&display_rank=3&searchCorrelationId=681d447e-f8e6-4338-b905-ff937cad5972&searchCorrelationTerm=factitious+disorder#H90255160"><u>https://www.uptodate.com/contents/medical-child-abuse-munchausen-syndrome-by-proxy?search=factitious+disorder&amp;source=search_result&amp;selectedTitle=3~90&amp;usage_type=default&amp;display_rank=3&amp;searchCorrelationId=681d447e-f8e6-4338-b905-ff937cad5972&amp;searchCorrelationTerm=factitious+disorder#H90255160</u></a></p><p>5. Yates, G., &amp; Bass, C. (2017). The perpetrators of medical child abuse (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy) - A systematic review of 796 cases. Child abuse &amp; neglect, 72, 45–53. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.008"><u>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.07.008</u></a></p><p>For more PsychEd, follow us on Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/psyched.podcast/"><u>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@psyched.podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</u></a>), Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/PsychEdPodcast"><u>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PsychEd Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</u></a>), X (<a href="https://twitter.com/psychedpodcast"><u>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@psychedpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</u></a>), and Bluesky (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/psychedpodcast.bsky.social"><u>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@psychedpodcast.bsky.social‬⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</u></a>). You can email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠psychedpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and visit our website at<a href="http://psychedpodcast.org/"><u>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ psychedpodcast.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</u></a>.</p>