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That is factitious disorder.

They are suffering from a need of attention.

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Q: What disorder is a condition in which an individual acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick?
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What disorder is a condition in which an individual acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she in not really sick?

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