Factitious schizophrenia.
Factitious disorder is a challenging phenomenon in clinical practice. An inconsistent clinical picture and the presence of symptoms that do not respond to the seemingly appropriate treatment should alert the clinician about the possibility of such a diagnosis. A case of factitious psychological symptoms suggestive of schizophrenia is reported, and the issues of diagnosis and management are discussed in the light of the available literature.
Grover
Sandeep
S
Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
Kumar
Suresh
S
Mattoo
Surendra Kumar
SK
Painuly
Nitesh Prakash
NP
Bhateja
Gaurav
G
Kaur
Rajinder
R
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