A Fundamental Guide To Factitious Disorder

Potential Complications

Individuals with factitious disorder will continually put their life (or the life of another) at serious risk for doctors and others to see them as sick. Due to this, and since they may also have other mental illnesses, they face serious complications. These include significant injury or death from self-inflicted wounds or medical conditions, substance abuse, significant issues in their personal and professional relationships, as well as infections and other health issues from unnecessary procedures. In cases of factitious disorder by proxy, these complications, save for substance abuse and personal and professional relationship issues, apply to the victim of the individual who has factitious disorder.

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