Publications by authors named "Anas A Alalwan"
Article Synopsis
- The study highlights a significant lack of knowledge and understanding of Tourette's syndrome among medical students and primary care physicians in the Middle East.
- Despite a majority being aware of the diagnostic criteria, only a small fraction recognized antipsychotics as an effective treatment or had knowledge of habit reversal techniques.
- Board-certified family physicians performed better in terms of knowledge compared to others, indicating a need for increased education and awareness at all levels of medical training.
Background Factitious disorder (FD) is a psychiatric disease where signs and symptoms are produced, falsified, or exaggerated consciously in the absence of clear external motivations. Through needless medical visits, costly investigatory testing, and potentially long hospital stays, patients with FD waste valuable time and resources, which affects both the patient and the healthcare system. It can be very challenging for physicians who have never encountered patients with FD to recognize them promptly as symptoms of FD vary greatly.
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