A Fundamental Guide To Factitious Disorder

Lifestyle Treatment Options

Although it will be quite challenging to do, there are some lifestyle adjustments individuals with factitious disorder can make to help their treatment progress. This includes sticking to the treatment plan their doctor gives them, being honest with care providers about the urge to become ill or self-harm, maintaining just one primary doctor who manages all aspects of treatment and confiding with someone outside of the medical profession about the situation. Patients must also remember the very real risk of permanent injury and death if they continue engaging in this type of behavior.

In cases of factitious disorder by proxy, particularly when it is a parent/child relationship, it may be prudent to relinquish the primary caregiving role over the individual at risk while undergoing treatment. In the long run, though difficult to deal with, it will be well worth it.