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disease > psychopathology > mental disorder > factitious disorder

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factitious disorder  

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  • A factitious disorder is a condition in which a person, without a malingering motive, acts as if they have an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating symptoms, purely to attain (for themselves or for another) a patient's role. (Wikipedia)

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