When A Client Deliberately Produces Or Falsifies Symptoms Of Illness For The Sole Purpose Of Assuming The Sick Role It Can Best Be Defined As?
When A Client Deliberately Produces Or Falsifies Symptoms Of Illness For The Sole Purpose Of Assuming The Sick Role It Can Best Be Defined As? Factitious disorder is defined in the ICD-10 and the DSM-5 (Table PP21-1) as the intentional production or feigning of symptoms, either physical or psychological, in order to assume the sick