Münchausen Syndrome

Münchausen Syndrome is a mental disorder.

Description
Münchausen Syndrome, also called "hospital addiction syndrome", causes the affected to feign or exaggerate illness or psychological trauma in order to get attention, treatment and sympathy from medical personnel. It is related to "Münchausen Syndrome by proxy" which causes the affected to abuse someone close to them, usually a child, for the same reason. The name is derived from Baron Münchausen (1720-1797) who told a number of fantastic, impossible tales about himself.

On Criminal Minds

 * Will Summers from Risky Business suffered from Münchausen by proxy.