Question

Malingering refers to ___________.

A. An interaction between mind and body that can produce illness.
B. A set of psychological disorders in which a person with at least one bodily symptom displays significant health-related anxiety and expresses disproportionate concerns about symptoms.
C. A unique vulnerability to develop heart-related health conditions.
D. Feigning medical or psychological symptoms to achieve something they want, typically secondary gains of illnesses.

Answer 1

D. Feigning medical or psychological symptoms to achieve something they want, typically secondary gains of illnesses.

Step-by-step explanation:

When people pretend to be sick in order to escape duties, we say they are MALINGERING.

It is not a psychiatric disorder and it's different from mental health conditions. It's just a form of pretense.

An example is putting up a make up on the eye to feign blindfolded eye due to accident.