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can be a tricky business – one in which subtle or complex symptoms may be overlooked in some cases, and dishonest workers get away with malingering, or exaggerating illness for the sake of increased ...

Your Kid feeling pukish right before boarding the school bus? It is not uncommon to see kids both in real life and fiction pretending to be sick when it's time to catch the bus for school. It might be ...

Therapist Shanna Wilder (@friscosextherapist) went viral on TikTok after introducing a concept that instantly resonated: "malingering." In the June 3, 2025, video, which currently sits at over 131,000 ...

A recent submission in an advice column on Boston.com struck my eye and the scenario should be no surprise to the modern worker. A Massachusetts at-will worker decides to take a “mental health day” ...

Understand the distinctions between malingering, feigning illness, and deceptive reporting and the issues that complicate research and identification of feigning in clinical practice. Recognize the ...

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I have a patient who has type 1 diabetes and, despite her excellent control with multiple daily injections, her A1c remains very high: 17% to 18%. She has used an insulin pump, but the results didn't ...