PSYC 3406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Factitious Disorder, Malingering, Dsm-5

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3406
• Professor: Ann Blumer

Document Summary

Some conditions that appear related to disorders with somatic symptoms: malingering & factitious disorder. Seem similar because they may involve reports of physical symptoms, but they are different because these involve symptoms that are either: intentionally faked. Or: intentionally created (self-induced, or induced in another person, symptoms could b physical or psychological, malingering. Not an actual disorder in the dsm-5, but may be included as part of an evaluation report. Motivated by external incentives - something that the person hopes to gain or avoid by misrepresenting themselves as ill: avoiding military service, work, standing trial, gaining drugs, nancial compensation (disability) Deliberately causes symptoms or creates false test results etc. Ex; falsifying clinical signs via raising temperature or putting blood in urine sample, ingesting substances, false pain complaints etc. Motivated by internal incentives - gain sick role and receive caring attention. May eagerly undergo multiple invasive surgeries and operations.