A Teenage Girl Was Brought to the Emergency Room by Her

question 11

Multiple Choice

A teenage girl was brought to the emergency room by her mother several times during the summer for severe abdominal pain. After many diagnostic tests returned negative results, the girl was hospitalized for observation. Over several days, the patient's abdominal pain disappeared. However, the night before her discharge, the pain returned. A hospital security camera recorded the mother entering her child's room late that night carrying a bag from the neighborhood pharmacy. Shortly after this visit the girl's symptoms returned. The hospital staff might suspect that

• A) the mother is suffering from factitious disorder imposed on self.
• B) this is a case of factitious disorder imposed on another.
• C) the teenager is malingering.
• D) the mother is malingering.

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