With increasing numbers of patients presenting at our nation’s already oversubscribed emergency departments (EDs) for mental healthcare, the Psychiatric Times recently posed a pointed question: Just ...
Malingering is the purposeful production of falsely or grossly exaggerated physical and/or psychological symptoms with the goal of receiving a reward. This reward may include money, an insurance ...
Factitious disorder is defined as intentional efforts to falsify an illness in oneself or another. Manufacturing an injury in oneself or another might also be performed. The individual's identity is ...