Malingering: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

malingering, false symptoms, exaggerated symptoms, accident neurosis, compensation neurosis, faking, fraud, lying, factitious disorder, FD, hypochondriasis

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David Bienenfeld, MD, Vice-Chair, Program Director, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University School of Medicine
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