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This 3 page paper responds to 2 questions about mental disorders, specifically related to feigned illnesses. This paper also considers the types of medication prescribed for anxiety disorders and their impacts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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which there is no essential organic cause. The main difference between malingering and factitious disorder is that in malingering, there is a primary goal of the action. Grossly
exaggerating physical symptoms is utilized in order to support an external incentive, whether it is the avoidance of certain situations (e.g. work or military service) or to avoid criminal prosecution
(Butcher, Mineka and Hooley, 2010). In factitious disorder, there is no identifiable intentional external motivation that the symptoms or presence of a medical condition would support. The benefit
for the person in factitious disorder extends from what occurs from playing the sick role, which can include being physically cared for by others (Butcher, Mineka and Hooley, 2010).
In a fictitious disorder, the individual can experience physiological changes that extend from the medical treatments provided for the factitious symptoms. Because of the subtle differences between
these types of conditions, evaluation of both the validity of symptoms and the purpose or motivation for the condition are generally viewed as a part of the therapeutic process.
When assessing the presence of these conditions, practitioners commonly utilize instruments that determine the validity of symptoms. Symptom validity tests provide practitioners with information to determine whether a
patients symptoms can be explained organically as a result of an actual health condition, or if they do not have a physiological explanation. The Slick Criteria was established to
determine the validity of symptoms and to assess symptoms in relation to motivations (Slick, 1999). Non-traditional use of other psychological assessments in combination with the Slick Criteria have been
useful in determining the validity of symptoms and the presence or absence of motivations. The underlying benefit of these types of evaluations are important to note because there is
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