‌Malingering is pretending to have an illness in order to get a benefit. The feigned illness can be mental or physical. Malingering is also when someone intentionally or knowingly exaggerates symptoms ...

WAILUKU — With differing opinions about how much murder suspect Stephen B. Schmidt was exaggerating or faking psychiatric symptoms, a judge ordered Wednesday that the defendant be re-examined for his ...

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“Malingering” – faking a sickness for an ulterior motive – is surprisingly common. Here are some of the ways in which doctors tell real illnesses from false ones. But Gigante was malingering: a term ...

Accused criminals frequently feign mental illness as a ploy to hinder prosecution and evade or lessen punishment. In one study 17.5 percent of the convicted criminals investigated by researchers were ...

A judge is expected to decide this month whether a man accused of viciously stabbing to death a Daytona Beach couple during Bike Week last year should be committed to a state hospital for psychiatric ...

“Malingering” – faking a sickness for an ulterior motive – is surprisingly common. Here are some of the ways in which doctors tell real illnesses from false ones. They called him “The Oddfather”. He ...

Malingering is the purposeful production of falsely or grossly exaggerated physical and/or psychological symptoms with the goal of receiving a reward. This reward may include money, an insurance ...