Factitious Disorder, Malingering and Criminal Behaviour
- Previous year questions on Factitious Disorder, Malingering and Criminal Behaviour for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Psychiatry section of the exam.
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- 16 live questions in Factitious Disorder, Malingering and Criminal Behaviour.
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Q1.A 40 year old male is admitted with complaints of abdominal pain and headache. General physical examination revealed six scars on the abdomen from previous surgeries. He seems to maintain a sick role and seeks attention from the nurses. He demands multiple diagnostic tests including a liver biopsy. The treating team failed to diagnose any major physical illness in the patient. His mental status examination did not reveal any major psychopathology. One of the treating staff recognized him to have appeared in several other hospital with abdominal pain and some other vague complaints. He is most likely suffering from -
- ASchizophrenia
- BMalingering
- CSomatisation disorder
- DFactitious disorder✓ Correct answer
Q2.A person has been referred to you by the court. You find a discrepancy between the history and examination findings. Which of these conditions you should be aware of in this situation?
- AMalingering✓ Correct answer
- BFactitious disorder
- CSomatization syndrome
- DDissociative fugue
Q3.Conscious simulations of signs of disease is
- AMalingering✓ Correct answer
- BPost traumatic stress disorder
- CFactitious disorder
- DConversion disorder
Q4.A 39-year-old woman claims that she injured her hand at work. She asserts that the pain caused by her injury prevents her from working. She has no further hand problems after she receives a Rs1 Lakh workers' compensation settlement. This clinical presentation is an example of
- Afactitious disorder
- Bconversion disorder
- Cfactitious disorder by proxy
- Dmalingering✓ Correct answer
Q5.Who coined the term Munchausen's syndrome?
- AJean-Marie Charcot
- BRichard Asher✓ Correct answer
- CBaron von Munchausen
- DEmil Kraepelin
Q6.Munchausen's syndrome by proxy involves:
- ADrug abuse
- BToxin mediated neuropsychiatric disorder
- CIllness caused by caregiver✓ Correct answer
- DAll of the above
Q7.Which of the following feature differentiates malingering and hysteria?
- AMalingering has poor prognosis
- BHysteria is common in females
- CHypnosis
- DConscious motive is seen in malingering✓ Correct answer
Q8.A person has been referred to you by the court. You find discrepancy between the history and examination findings. Which of these conditions you should be aware of in this situation?
- AMalingering✓ Correct answer
- BFactitious disorder
- CSomatization syndrome
- DDissociative fugue
Q9.Deliberately pretending to have disability or illness in order to receive financial or other gains is called:
- AMalingering✓ Correct answer
- BFactitious disorder
- CConversion
- DSomatoform disorder
Q10.A patient has been seeking repeated admissions in various hospitals with a variety of symptoms. He had undergone appendicectomy, cholecystectomy, and other exploratory laparotomies on previous admissions. The most likely diagnosis is -
- AConversion reaction
- BHypochondriasis
- CMunchausen syndrome✓ Correct answer
- DGanser 's syndrome
Answer key
Q1: D. Factitious disorder; Q2: A. Malingering; Q3: A. Malingering; Q4: D. malingering; Q5: B. Richard Asher; Q6: C. Illness caused by caregiver; Q7: D. Conscious motive is seen in malingering; Q8: A. Malingering; Q9: A. Malingering; Q10: C. Munchausen syndrome.
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