Comorbidity of Factitious Disorder and Intellectual Disability: A Case Report

Individuals with factitious disorder fake illnesses to assume a sick role. they simulate, induce,or aggravate illness, often inflicting painful, deforming, or even life-threatening injury onthemselves or those under their care. factitious disorders are diagnosed in about one percent ofpatients who are seen in psychiatric consultation in general hospitals. one of the features, thatare overrepresented in patients with factitious disorders include: normal or above-averageintelligence quotient (iq). authors describe a rare comorbidity of factitious disorders andintellectual disability.