Factitious Disorders

What is the usual timing and associated circumstance of onset of factitious disorder with physical symptoms?

Which personality disorder is specifically listed as a finding that should raise suspicion of malingering?

When confronted with evidence of factitious symptoms, which response is described?

Which childhood or adolescent history is described as a predisposing factor for factitious disorders?

A patient with Ganser’s syndrome answers “sixty five” when asked to multiply eight by eight. What is this phenomenon called?

A person intentionally produces psychological symptoms to avoid military obligation. Which diagnosis corresponds to this motivation?

Which pattern of psychological symptoms favors factitious disorder over true psychosis such as schizophrenia?

What is the evident goal of deliberate symptom feigning in factitious disorder?

Ganser’s syndrome is described as almost always superimposed on which underlying condition?

In patients with factitious symptoms, what does the term “Grid iron Abdomen” describe?

How does symptom relief with suggestion, hypnosis, or intravenous barbiturates differ between malingering and conversion disorder?

A patient deliberately exaggerates illness to obtain relief from work. Which diagnosis is characterized by this behavior and an obvious motivation?

Which individual factors limit the range of symptoms that may be presented across organ systems?

In compensation neurosis, which circumstance is specifically associated with symptoms persisting beyond the duration of the compensation claim?

If initial confrontation does not result in denial or flight, in which setting should psychotherapy ideally begin?

A patient with an unsettled compensation claim develops psychologically caused physical symptoms, prolonged hospitalizations and complaints disproportionate to documented pathology. Which diagnosis best fits?

What is the cardinal feature of Munchausen’s syndrome?