Psychiatry and Psychology

Malingering

Simulation of symptoms of illness or injury with intent to deceive in order to obtain a goal, e.g., a claim of physical illness to avoid jury duty.

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Simulation of symptoms of illness or injury with intent to deceive in order to obtain a goal, e.g., a claim of physical illness to avoid jury duty.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Malingering. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008306. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008306
  2. Malingering. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malingering
  3. Malingering. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488231