" == ""Commonly feigned"" section == Hey, I don't edit wikipedia often so I am sorry if I am doing anything wrong here. But I was just reading this article and I found the section ""Illnesses and conditions commonly feigned by Münchausen patients"" very offensive. First there's the overlap with psychiatric disorders. If someone repeatedly checks in to the hospital with -big air quotes- DEPRESSION, well, how would saying they are suffering from Münchausen syndrome be any more likely than saying they are suffering from depression? Secondly, there's the fact that the editor himself/herself says ""Many of these conditions do not have clearly observable or diagnostic symptoms."" I'm
" == ""Commonly feigned"" section == Hey, I don't edit wikipedia often so I am sorry if I am doing anything wrong here. But I was just reading this article and I found the section ""Illnesses and conditions commonly feigned by Münchausen patients"" very offensive. First there's the overlap with psychiatric disorders. If someone repeatedly checks in to the hospital with -big air quotes- DEPRESSION, well, how would saying they are suffering from Münchausen syndrome be any more likely than saying they are suffering from depression? Secondly, there's the fact that the editor himself/herself says ""Many of these conditions do not have clearly observable or diagnostic symptoms."" I'm not