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factitious adjective assumed, contrived, faked, false, feigned, fictitious, forged, imaginary, imagined, imitative, pretended, simulated, simulative, unauthentic

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assumed false false pretense feigned imitation			In this case, if the agency could say that the mother had created this illness in her daughter, then it would be correct to assert that the mother did indeed have factitious disorder by proxy. Fink! still at large: factitious disorders are rare and often ... by Clinical Psychiatry News 00 Hardcover RA1146 The third edition of this field reference for psychologists and psychiatrists on deceptive behaviors has been expanded to include new chapters on feigned medical presentations, factitious disorders and forensic examinations. Clinical assessment of malingering and deception, 3d ed by SciTech Book News Factitious disorder, also known as Munchausen syndrome, is an extreme condition that defines patients who intentionally produce or feign symptoms or disabilities, either physical or psychological. Factitious Disorders ? Causes, Symptoms and Treatment by James Sameul / Health, general community			facilitation facility facing facinorous facsimile fact Fact and Law fact finder fact finding fact of comprehending fact put in controversy by the pleadings Fact Situation fact-finding Facta sunt potentiora verbis factfinding faction factional factional part factionalism factioneer factious factious leader factiousness factitare factitious Factitious disorder factor factorage factors factory-made factotum factotums facts facts admitted at trial facts judicially noted facts which bear on the point in question facts which establish the point in issue factual factual basis factual matter factual statement factualness factum Factum a judice quod ad ujus officium non spectat Factum negantis nulla probatio Factum non dictur quod non perseverat Factum unius alteri nocere non debet facultas Facultas probationum non est angustanda facultate facultatem facere			factionally Factionary factioneer Factioner factionism Factionist Factions Factions Factions factious factious factious leader factiously factiously factiousness factiousness factitare factitial factitial dermatitis factitious factitious factitious Factitious AIDS Factitious Dermatopathy factitious diarrhea Factitious Diarrhoea factitious disease factitious disease factitious disease Factitious diseases Factitious disorder Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious Disorder by Proxy Factitious disorders Factitious Fever factitious hypoglycemia Factitious Illness Factitious Illness Factitious Illness Factitious Near-Death Experience Factitious Panniculitis Factitious Phaeochromocytoma Factitious Purpura Factitious Sickness Factitious Sickness Factitious Sickness factitious thyrotoxicosis factitiously factitiously factitiously factitiousness factitiousness factitiousness factitive factitive factitively Factive Factive

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