Factitious Disorder Versus Malingering
Check out this article with the Psychiatric Times. Very interesting Read..... Click on the Link at the end for more.... The Case of Factitious Disorder Versus Malingering Courtney B. Worley, MPH, Marc D. Feldman, MD, and James C. Hamilton, PhD Ms Worley is a graduate student in psychology, Dr Feldman is clinical professor of psychiatry, and Dr Hamilton is associate professor of psychology at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The authors report no conflicts of interest concerning the subject matter of this article. Patients who exaggerate, feign, or induce physical illness are a great challenge to their physicians. Trained to trust their patients’ self-reports, even competent and conscientious physicians can fall victim to these deceptions. In doing so, the treating physician may unwittingly provide support for specious claims of illness or injury by conferring official diagnoses, or by delivering treatments that transform the patient from a pretender into a person with a genuine