Question
____ is a mental disorder in which a person acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when, in fact, he or she has consciously created the symptoms
Answer
Factitious disorder is a mental disorder in which a person acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when, in fact, he or she has consciously created the symptoms
Patients want to be sick. The patient will falsify or disease their signs or
symptoms to get a diagnosis/treatment. Ex. They might injure themselves, falsify
tests. This is often called Munchausen’s syndrome. o Munchausen’s by proxy -when one person makes another person look ill so
medical attention/treatment provided further for another individual. o People do this to be in sick roll (not for money)
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