factitious disorder imposed on another

English

Noun

factitious disorder imposed on another (countable and uncountable, plural factitious disorders imposed on another)

  1. (psychiatry) A factitious (artificial) mental disorder in which someone feigns a health issue in another person, typically a caregiver onto their child, in order to garner attention or sympathy.
    Synonyms: FDIA; fabricated or induced illness by carers, factitious disorder by proxy, Meadow's syndrome, Münchausen syndrome by proxy
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