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An explorative study of social workers' knowledge, experience and approach to factitious disorder
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Oosthuysen, Dina Maria |
| author2 | Addinall, Ronald |
| author_browse | Addinall, Ronald Oosthuysen, Dina Maria |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12848 An explorative study of social workers' knowledge, experience and approach to factitious disorder Oosthuysen, Dina Maria Addinall, Ronald Clinical Social Work Includes bibliographical references. Factitious disorder is characterised by a compulsion with an unconscious motivation to intentionally fabricate signs and symptoms of physical or psychological illness. Factitious disorder by proxy is a form of abuse which usually presents as a parent portraying their child as being ill. Factitious behaviour indicates severe psychological dysfunction, and these clients could pose a danger to themselves as well as their families. There is limited research on factitious disorder in social work practice. This study aimed to explore social workers’ knowledge of factitious disorder, the presentation and prevalence of factitious disorder in social work practice, the experience of social workers with clients with factitious behaviour, and social workers’ approach to the assessment and treatment of factitious disorder. This study used a qualitative exploratory research approach with a phenomenograpy design that enabled the researcher to explore the variation in social workers’ knowledge, experience and approach to factitious disorder. 2015-05-26T14:08:05Z 2015-05-26T14:08:05Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12848 eng application/pdf Department of Social Development Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Clinical Social Work Oosthuysen, Dina Maria An explorative study of social workers' knowledge, experience and approach to factitious disorder |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An explorative study of social workers' knowledge, experience and approach to factitious disorder |
| title_full | An explorative study of social workers' knowledge, experience and approach to factitious disorder |
| title_fullStr | An explorative study of social workers' knowledge, experience and approach to factitious disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | An explorative study of social workers' knowledge, experience and approach to factitious disorder |
| title_short | An explorative study of social workers' knowledge, experience and approach to factitious disorder |
| title_sort | explorative study of social workers knowledge experience and approach to factitious disorder |
| topic | Clinical Social Work |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12848 |
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