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Although malingering is not a medical diagnosis, it may be recorded as a "focus of clinical attention" or a "reason for contact with health services". [4][2] It is coded by both the ICD-10 and DSM-5. The intent of malingerers vary. For example, the homeless may fake a mental illness to gain hospital admission. [5]
Mar 20, 2019 · Malingering is an intentional act that is driven by a range of possible motivations. In many cases, a malingering patient seeks a benefit, such as time off from work or financial...
Sep 18, 2018 · Malingering is an act, not a psychological condition. It involves pretending to have a physical or psychological condition in order to gain a reward or avoid something. For example, people might...
Jun 14, 2024 · Malingering is intentionally fabricating (or exaggerating) a physical or psychological condition for personal gain. It’s an action, not a diagnosis.
Jul 7, 2023 · Malingering is falsifying or exaggerating a physical or mental condition for personal gain. Learn how malingering is identified and the reasons for this behavior. Skip to main content
Jun 12, 2023 · Malingering is falsification or profound exaggeration of illness (physical or mental) to gain external benefits such as avoiding work or responsibility, seeking drugs, avoiding trial (law), seeking attention, avoiding military services, leave from school, paid leave from a job, among others.
Malingering is the purposeful production of falsely or grossly exaggerated physical or psychological complaints with the goal of receiving a reward.
Feb 14, 2024 · Malingering refers to the deliberate and intentional exaggeration or feigning of physical or psychological symptoms for personal gain or secondary gain.
Apr 19, 2018 · n. the deliberate feigning of an illness or disability to achieve a particular desired outcome. For example, it may take the form of faking mental illness as a defense in a trial, faking physical illness to win compensation, or faking an injury or misinforming people of one’s state of rehabilitation to avoid practicing or playing sport.
Malingering is the dishonest and intentional production of symptoms. It can cause considerable difficulty as assessment runs counter to normal practice, and it may expose clinicians to testing medicolegal situations.
