Answer: malingerer; factitious
Explanation:
Malingerer and factitious disorders both involve people who exaggerate symptoms or make up symptoms of a certain illness. However, those disorders have some differences.
<u>Factitious disorder is classified as a somatic symptom disorder so it is a mental illness.</u> People with this disorders exaggerate or lie about having medical or psychiatric symptoms and there are two kinds of factitious disorder:
Factitious disorder imposed on self (FDIS) also known as Munchausen syndrome: The person lies about their own health.
Factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA) also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy: The person lies about someone else’s symptoms or disease. The victim is usually a child or any person who can’t take care of themselves.
People with these disorders often go to see a doctor in a hospital or clinic. They talk about symptoms of a made up illness and they also may injure themselves or somebody else. And usually, they may try to fake diagnostic test results.
<u>Malingerers exaggerate or make up symptoms of an illness which can be physical or psychiatric and they do it for personal gain</u>. However, they have clear external motivations that drive their behavior. Some of those reasons include:
- A financial gain
- Reducing work obligations
- To avoid prison time
- To get time off work
- To get prescriptions for medications
All of this also means that treatment is different for each disorder.
