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Factitious Disorder

APSARA KATUWAL  DANGOL Factitious disorder Factitious disorder, a mental disorder deals with deceiving others by predicting that one has sickness though there is not any sickness. These type of person tries to show fake injury so that other can show care towards themselves. They are mentally ill but they are unknown about the behavior. This type of disorder is very serious as it can lead to emotional difficulties. They can also suffer from other mental disorder like a personality disorder. Types of Factitious Disorder They are mainly of four types which are as follows: 1. Factitious disorder mostly with psychological symptoms( Ganser syndrome) appear confused  make absurd statements  report hallucination  the experience of sensing things that are not there  hearing voices  2. Factitious disorder mostly with physical symptoms(referred to as Munchausen syndrome) chest pain  stomach problems,  fever  3. Factitious disorder with psychological and physical sym