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Munchausen Syndrome

Known as: Syndrome, Hospital-Addiction, Syndrome, Munchausen, Syndrome, Munchhausen 
A factitious disorder characterized by habitual presentation for hospital treatment of an apparent acute illness, the patient giving a plausible and… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Background: There has been an explosive growth of internet use not only in India but also worldwide in the last decade. There is… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The transcription factor IRF4 (interferon regulatory factor 4) is required during an immune response for lymphocyte activation… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
This article reviews progress in adapting addiction treatment to respond more fully to the chronic nature of most patients… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Over the last few years there has been an increasing interest in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs). These… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The ubiquity of the disease concept of addiction obscures the fact that it did not emerge from the accretion of scientific… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
This article presents a social-cognitive theory of substance abuse. The exercise of self-regulatory agency plays a central role… 
Highly Cited
1996
Review
1967
Review
1967
Excerpt An estimated 60,000 to 120,000 persons in the United States are addicted or habituated to opiates, the former defined as… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
Amphetamine psychosis arising during the course of long-continued amphetamine addiction resembles paranoid schizophrenia (Connell…