Heather Is Deliberately Faking Symptoms of Illness in Order to Gain

question 23

Multiple Choice

Heather is deliberately faking symptoms of illness in order to gain the attention of doctors.This behaviour is best described by the term

• A)conversion disorder.
• B)factitious disorder.
• C)malingering.
• D)somatizing.
• E)faking.

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