Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
factitious disorder
fac·ti·tious dis·or·der
Subclass of:
Somatoform Disorder
Definitions related to factitious disorders:
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A category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are intentionally produced in order to assume the sick role; there is no external incentive for the behavior, such as economic gain or avoiding legal responsibility, and the person is unaware of any self-motivating factors.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Disorders characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are not real, genuine, or natural.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Factitious disorder is a serious mental disorder in which someone deceives others by appearing sick, by purposely getting sick or by self-injury. Factitious disorder also can happen when family members or caregivers falsely present others, such as children, as being ill, injured or impaired.Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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Factitious disorder is a syndrome in which signs and/or symptoms of disease are intentionally feigned or exaggerated by a patient when there is no clear external incentive for the behavior. The psychiatric nomenclature distinguishes factitious disorder from several related disorders by both the intentionality of the behavior and its...Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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