Home Health Disorders cure Disorders Cure on April 10, 2019 Factitious disorder, previously termed as Munchausen Syndrome, is a mental condition in which a person acts and deceives other people by appearing to be sick. The person does not have any malingering motive but deliberately shows that they have a severe illness by exaggerating symptoms to gain the image of a patient [1] , [2] . It can be imposed by one person on another, that is, a caretaker or a parent can fabricate illness and disabilities to their ward. The condition can be easily understood by the real-life case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was forced to act as a patient by her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. The intriguing case had received global attention and is used as the prime example of the varying degrees of factitious disorder [3] . [Source: Verywell Mind] An individual with factitious disorder goes to the extent of forging symptoms by … [Read more...] about Munchausen Syndrome (Factitious Disorder): Causes, Symptoms And Treatment