- factitious disorder
- mental health condition in which individuals feign illness or intentionally make others believe they are sick, characterized by a desire for attention and validation
- factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA)
- form of factitious disorder where an individual intentionally causes illness or symptoms in another person under their care, often a dependent, such as a child, older parent, or other vulnerable individual
- functional neurological disorder (FND)
- condition in which a person experiences neurological symptoms in the form of one or more altered motor or sensory symptoms that cannot be attributed to a specific medical or neurological condition
- globus
- sensation of a lump in the throat associated with functional neurological disorder
- illness anxiety disorder (IAD)
- mental health condition characterized by excessive worry and fear about having a serious medical condition, despite having little or no medical evidence to support the belief and few to no somatic symptoms
- malingering
- individuals feign symptoms for external incentives, such as financial compensation
- pseudoseizures
- seizure-like episodes without the characteristic electrical abnormalities observed in epilepsy on an electroencephalogram (EEG)
- secondary gain
- inadvertent advantages derived from adopting a sick role, such as receiving attention, sympathy, or support from others, or avoiding responsibilities or stressful situations
- services utilization
- use of health-care services
- somatic
- relating to or affecting the body
- somatic symptom disorder (SSD)
- condition that occurs when a client is focused on physical symptoms to the point of significant distress and disruption of normal functioning