2nd February 2024

Diagnosis

History

• Fabrication of medical or psychological signs and symptoms in oneself or others with high dishonesty
• They take surreptitious actions to misrepresent, stimulate or cause symptoms and signs of illness or injury with no obvious external rewards.
• They might overstate the symptoms, fabricate or even simulate them.
• There might be a pre-existing condition, but the deceptive behaviour, in turn, may lead to excess clinical intervention.
• They are at increased risk of causing harm to themselves or others.