Distinguish between malingering, on the one hand, and factious disorder, on the other.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Factitious disorder differs from malingering in that malingering involves deception to obtain external rewards (e.g., insurance claims, days off of work, or access to drugs) while the deception associated with factitious disorder is evident despite a lack of external reward for such behavior. In factitious disorder, symptoms are created so that an individual may obtain attention or sympathy.
Learning Objective: 9.7 Describe the characteristics of factitious disorder.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Factitious Disorder
Difficulty Level: Medium
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