Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 159-162 , March 2008

Psychiatric and behavioral correlates of factitious blindness

  • Marc D. Feldman

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, AL 35243-5351, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 205 298 7740.
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  • Stuart J. Eisendrath

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • Mike Tyerman

      Affiliations

    • Guide Dogs, Greater Manchester District Team, Bolton BL2 1ET, England

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  8. Feldman MD, Eisendrath SJ, editors. The spectrum of factitious disorders. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press Inc; 1996: 6-7, 69-71
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PII: S0010-440X(07)00121-6

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.08.010

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 159-162 , March 2008

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