[Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in a patient with factitious disorder: therapist's and patient's perspective].

OBJECTIVE: Presentation of the disorder model and inpatient psychotherapy of a patient with factitious disorder as seen from the therapist's and patient's perspective.
METHOD: Case report including the patient's own notations.
RESULTS: The description of her motives by the patient facilitated a concise planning of therapy and its successful progression.
CONCLUSIONS: The factitious disorder is based on learning experiences and is maintained, among other things, by the care of the medical personnel. Principles and interventions of DBT could successfully be employed. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.