One of the hardest things in any medical practice is to tell when a patient is feigning illness. It is even harder when you are coached by a expert in the field. This is why I doubt the participants (if they exist) only said they had a mild auditory hallucination.
I agree.
Wow. Psychiatric illness. Back pain. LOTS of pain issues.
I’ve BEEN in lots of pain but MRI showed some white dots on brain and nothing that should cause pain.
But TOO MANY folks fake it for disability purposes.
then they get caught playing tackle football some weeks later :)
One of the hardest things in any medical practice is to tell when a patient is feigning illness. It is even harder when you are coached by a expert in the field. This is why I doubt the participants (if they exist) only said they had a mild auditory hallucination.
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I have had 2 relatives diagnosed schizophrenic. One, 50 years ago, was hospitalized several times. His symptoms ranged between being convinced his wife was cheating on him to getting instructions nightly from Johnny Carson. He was always released and it was suggested he be separated from female relatives.
The other,within the past 30 years diagnosed Bi-polar, heard voices telling him to ESAD. Hospitalized after a suicide attempt, years of cognitive therapy, lifetime of lithium et al.
Both lived independently. The second one allowed to continue practicing medicine. Neither was faking and it seems both were helped.
We have a niece who we suspect has been feigning illness for many many years. It’s gone beyond the pale now. We are really beginning to think she has Münchausen syndrome. No one knows what to do. She has hurt a lot of people.