Lesson 1: Clinical Disorders – Part B
Lesson Review
Lesson 1 Part B draws to a close. Fictitious Disorders are intriguing, don't you think?
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To summarize: • There are three branches to the sub-group of clinical disorders referred to as factitious: Munchausen syndrome, malingering, and general factitious disorder. • Individuals with Munchausen syndrome pretend to have a physical illness and go from hospital to hospital seeking treatment. Although individuals with Munchausen syndrome seek medical attention for physical injuries or illnesses, their true problem is a psychiatric one. • Malingerers have symptoms very much like those of factitious disorder. Individuals exaggerate, self-induce, or pretend they have an illness, not only to get attention from others, but also to earn some type of external reward such as disability payments, insurance money, drugs, or other items. • Individuals with factitious disorder exaggerate complaints, induce symptoms, or pretend they have an illness. They do this to get noticed – to get attention from others and to lessen any expectations placed on them. |