Spurred by her past struggles with dissociative identity disorder, she has devoted her professional life to studying it.

A psychological and case breakdown of Kendra Licari, the so‑called digital “daughter‑stalker.” We explore whether her behavior reflects a new variant of factitious disorder, what experts say, and how ...

From Judge Judith Levy (E.D. Mich.) in Evans v. Robertson, the I've Seen Fake Cites on Both Sides Now case: The litigants in this case … have been repeatedly warned that factitious citations will not ...

More than 90% of patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) reported being misdiagnosed with psychiatric illnesses by nonpsychiatrist physicians, with a vast majority being told they were ...

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On Writers and Writing: Essays by Henry James, edited by Michael Gorra (New York Review Books, 408 pp., $24.95) The criticism of Henry James (1843–1916) is replete with imperiousness. We can hear this ...

Factitious disorder, previously referred to as Munchausen syndrome, is a condition in which an individual deceives others by appearing ill, impaired, or injured. This can involve faking, purposely ...

Researchers have been putting ChatGPT essays to the test against real students. A new study reveals that the AI generated essays don't yet live up to the efforts of real students. While the AI essays ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s hard to imagine why someone would pretend to have a terminal illness, but it happens more often than you’d think. From online ...

From eating a three-gallon tank of Cheetos to filling an entire pool with Coca-Cola, it is no secret that people are willing to go to great lengths to achieve fame. However, one recent trend tops it ...