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Fabricated
Fabricated (/fæb.rɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/), from the Latin fabricatus (past participle of fabricare meaning "to make, fashion, build"), is a term often used in the medical field to describe a condition or symptom that is deliberately made up or exaggerated by a patient. This is often associated with Factitious disorder, a mental disorder where a person acts as if they have a physical or mental illness when they are not really sick.
Related Terms
- Factitious disorder: A serious mental disorder in which someone deceives others by appearing sick, by purposely getting sick, or by self-inflicting damage of some sort.
- Malingering: The act of intentionally feigning or exaggerating physical or psychological symptoms for personal gain.
- Munchausen syndrome: A factitious disorder wherein those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves.
- Somatoform disorder: A group of psychological disorders in which a patient experiences physical symptoms that are inconsistent with or cannot be fully explained by any underlying general medical or neurological condition.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Fabricated
- Wikipedia's article - Fabricated
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