Factitious disorder, simply put, is the intentional simulation of illness through a variety of false pretenses. This includes reporting exaggerated symptoms, ...

Factitious disorder is a mental illness in which a person makes up an illness or injury. A person with factitious disorder may claim to have the psychological ...

Factitious disorder imposed on self (including what is often referred to as Munchausen syndrome) is 1 of the 2 forms of factitious disorder (the ...

Factitious disorder is falsification of physical or psychologic symptoms without an obvious external incentive; the motivation for this behavior is to assume the sick ...

Factitious disease is defined as the intentional production (or feigning) of disease in oneself to relieve emotional distress by assuming the role of a sick person.

Factitious disorder is a syndrome in which patients induce, feign, or exaggerate physical or psychiatric symptoms.[1] These patients are ...

Factitious disorders are conditions in which a person deliberately and consciously acts as if they have a physical or mental illness when they ...

Factitious disorder is a mental disorder in which a person acts as if they have a physical or psychological illness when they themselves have ...

A factitious disorder is a condition in which a person, without a malingering motive, acts as if they have an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, ...