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Malingering is the fabrication, feigning, or exaggeration of physical or psychological symptoms designed to achieve a desired outcome, such as personal gain, relief from duty or work, avoiding arrest, receiving medication, or mitigating prison sentencing. It presents a complex ethical dilemma within domains of society, including healthcare ...
Stating that an individual is malingering can cause iatrogenic harm to patients if they are actually not exaggerating or feigning. Such iatrogenic harm may consist in delaying or denying medical attention, therapies, or insurance benefits. In the U.S. military, malingering is a court-martial offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
A factitious disorder is a mental disorder in which a person, without a malingering motive, acts as if they have an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating symptoms, purely to attain (for themselves or for another) a patient's role.
Malingering of PTSD consists of one feigning the disorder. In the United States, the Social Security Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs each offer disability compensation programs that provide benefits for qualified individuals with mental disorders, including PTSD.
The case set the current standard for adjudicative competency in the United States. In Godinez v. Moran (1993) the Supreme Court enforced the Dusky standard as the Federal Standard for competence to stand trial. [7] Although the statutes addressing competency vary from state to state in the United States, the two elements outlined in the Dusky v
Binion, malingering (feigning illness) during a competency evaluation was held to be obstruction of justice and led to an enhanced sentence. [ 31 ] Scooter Libby , advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney , was charged with obstruction of justice in 2007 for allegedly lying to a grand jury investigating the Plame affair about conversations that he ...
In the context of a positive Hoover's sign, functional weakness (or "conversion disorder") is much more likely than malingering or factitious disorder. [3] Strong hip muscles can make the test difficult to interpret. [4] Efforts have been made to use the theory behind the sign to report a quantitative result. [5]
Compare his actions vis a vis Scotland, Wales, France, the Barons (including early in his reign vs late) and the Jews. -- Dweller 12:04, 31 August 2007 (UTC) [ reply ] Looking at each character's use of force to solve a problem/benefit themselves would be one good indication of bullying behaviour. 87.102.88.202 13:46, 31 August 2007 (UTC) [ reply ]