factitious disorder
disease of mental health where symptoms are deliberately produced, feigned or exaggerated in order to falsely demonstrate the presence of an illness
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factitious disorder
Summary
factitious disorder is a class of disease[1]. It draws 871 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #485 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- factitious disorder's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
- factitious disorder is a type of mental disorder[4].
- factitious disorder's Commons category is recorded as Factitious disorders[5].
- factitious disorder's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Factitious disorders[6].
- factitious disorder's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 300.16[7].
- factitious disorder's different from is recorded as malingering[8].
- factitious disorder's different from is recorded as conversion disorder[9].
- factitious disorder's health specialty is recorded as psychiatry[10].
- factitious disorder's health specialty is recorded as psychology[11].
- factitious disorder's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1766[12].
- factitious disorder's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1766[13].
- factitious disorder's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[14].
Why It Matters
factitious disorder draws 871 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_disease category, ranking #485 of 1,968).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]