Originally, this term was used for all factitious disorders.

Another, spurred by the need to play the role of a sick person, is termed factitious disorder.

Complaints are not feigned as in malingering or factitious disorder.

First, we may be seeing a simple factitious disorder.

Reports parallel manifestations of factitious disorder, peaking between a person's 20s and 30s.

The medical profession has known about factitious disorders for hundreds of years.

A person with factitious disorder often works in a medical environment.

Ganser syndrome was in the past regarded to be a separate factitious disorder.

No true psychiatric medications are prescribed for factitious disorder.

In addition, many individuals with factitious disorder do not present for treatment, often insisting their symptoms are genuine.