Ganser syndrome: a review of 15 cases

Compr Psychiatry. 1992 Mar-Apr;33(2):134-8. doi: 10.1016/0010-440x(92)90011-e.

Abstract

Using the diagnostic criteria found in the literature, 15 new cases of Ganser syndrome were examined. A relationship was found between specific premorbid personality traits and severity of the syndrome; a high percentage of the sample belonged to an ethnic minority and was suspected of having symptoms of premorbid neurological pathology.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Ethnicity
  • Factitious Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Factitious Disorders / epidemiology
  • Factitious Disorders / psychology
  • Histrionic Personality Disorder / diagnosis
  • Histrionic Personality Disorder / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Israel / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / diagnosis
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / epidemiology
  • Neurocognitive Disorders / psychology
  • Personality Disorders / diagnosis
  • Personality Disorders / epidemiology
  • Severity of Illness Index