Factitious disorder, previously referred to as Munchausen syndrome, is a condition in which an individual deceives others by appearing ill, impaired, or injured. This can involve faking, purposely ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is a free woman. The child abuse victim who in 2016 was sentenced for her involvement in her mother's murder was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Chillicothe, ...

April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, and it got me wondering how aware practitioners are of atypical child abuse. I recently came across the mere second clear incident of it in my 20-year ...

A psychological and case breakdown of Kendra Licari, the so‑called digital “daughter‑stalker.” We explore whether her ...

People feign illness for so many reasons. Sometimes it could be a good excuse to avoid an event such as a party or a test. Most of the time, this feigning won't involve extreme exaggeration of ...

Ms. A's alleged Usher syndrome was discovered to be factitious because of profound, otherwise inexplicable inconsistencies in her report on repeated interviews, and between her claims and objective ...

A psychological and case breakdown of Kendra Licari, the so‑called digital “daughter‑stalker.” We explore whether her behavior reflects a new variant of factitious disorder, what experts say, and how ...