Question

Dr. Harold has just contacted child protective services because he believes a child he just assessed is being influenced to fake a disorder by someone else. This likely concerns which of the following?a) Factitious disorder
b) Malingering
c) Conversion disorder
d) Somatic symptom disorder

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Factitious disorder

Explanation:

Factitious disorder simply relates to the situation in which an individual deliberately and purposefully fake symptoms that have been observed from someone with such real disorder. Factitious disorder could be considered as mental illness, which might be as result of several causes such as the need to attract the care and attention given to a sick person of such disorder.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct option is A: Factitious disorder

Explanation:

Factitious disorder is a condition that entails an individual without any motive to malinger, acts as though they are sick in a way by intentionally producing, faking, or overemphasizing symptoms, with the sole aim of attaining for themselves or for another person, the role of a patient. In the case of Dr. Harold, the child was been influenced by someone, and hence the scenario concerns Factitious disorder.