Malingerers intentionally and achieve some recognizable goal They may wish to get drugs win a lawsuit or avoid work or military service At times the deceit of the malingerer may be readily apparen ID: 118499
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Malingering (DSM-IV-TR #V65.2) Malingerers intentionally and achieve some recognizable goal. They may wish to get drugs, win a lawsuit, or avoid work or military service. At times the deceit of the malingerer may be readily apparent to the physician; however, medically sophisticated malingerers have been known to deceive even the best of diagnosticians. Some malingerers may limit their dissembling simply to voicing complaints. Others may take advantage of an actual illness and embellish and exaggerate their symptoms out of all proportion to the severity of the underlying disease. Some may go so far as to actually stage an accident, and then go on Swanson DA. Malingering and associated syndromes. Psychiatric Medicine 1984;2:287293. Tsoi WF. The Ganser syndrome in Singapore. A report on The British Journal of Psychiatry 1973;123;567572. Whitlock FA. The Ganser syndrome. 1967;113:1929.