Scott Beach, MD, is a psychiatrist with the Psychiatric Consultation Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. He is also an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Beach’s areas of clinical expertise include the effects of psychiatric medications on heart function, as well as conditions such as catatonia and related syndromes. Dr. Beach is the author of more than 50 book chapters and 80 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Munchausen syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which individuals either take steps to make themselves sick or pretend to have physical or mental health symptoms....
