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Factitious Disorders and Malingering
Malingering
• Factitious Disorders and Malingering • Apr 15 06
Clinical Findings
Even though some physicians overinclusively use the term malingering, it is actually a specific entity. In DSM-IV, malingering is considered one of those conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention…
Factitious Disorders Not Otherwise Specified
• Factitious Disorders and Malingering • Apr 15 06
Clinical Findings
Factitious disorder not otherwise specified is reserved for individuals who do not meet the criteria for other factitious classifications. In fact, they can more suitably be called perpetrators.…
Factitious Disorders With Predominantly Psychological Signs and Symptoms
• Factitious Disorders and Malingering • Apr 15 06
Clinical Findings
Patients with factitious psychological symptoms present a diagnostic challenge to psychiatrists. These individuals may feign psychological symptoms of any psychiatric disorder. Snowdon et al. (1978)…
Systems Interventions and Ethical Considerations
• Factitious Disorders and Malingering • Apr 15 06
Factitious Disorders Treatment
• Factitious Disorders and Malingering • Apr 15 06
Factitious Disorders and Malingering
• Factitious Disorders and Malingering • Apr 15 06
Factitious Disorders and Malingering
- Introduction
- Factitious Disorders With Predominantly Physical Signs and Symptoms
- Clinical Findings
- Epidemiology
Factitious Disorders With Predominantly Physical Signs and Symptoms
• Factitious Disorders and Malingering • Apr 15 06Clinical Findings
Physical factitious disorders can take many forms, limited only by human imagination. Individuals have been known to create signs or symptoms of virtually every disease…
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