Excessive Illness Behavior

Hamilton, James C.; Hedge, Krystal A.; Feldman, Marc D.

doi:10.1093/med/9780199731855.003.0037

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“…Malingering is not a medical diagnosis. 1 Malingering is typically conceptualized as being distinct from other forms of excessive illness behavior 4 such as somatization disorder and factitious disorder (eg, in the DSM-5), although not all mental health professionals agree with this formulation. 5…”

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Analysis of Medical Students’ Book Reports on Shalamov’s Kolyma Tales (1974): Would You Reveal the Truth About a Suspected Malingering Patient?

Hwang

Kim

Yun

2020

AMEP

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The aim of this study was to investigate medical students' thought processes regarding whether to reveal the truth about a suspected malingering patient by analysing their book reports on Shalamov's Kolyma Tales (1974). Methods: The participants were 47 medical students in their junior year. The book was provided a month before the classroom lecture. Students had discussions in groups of 7 and wrote book reports that included answers to 3 questions. Results: Most students (39, 83.0%) answered that they had faked an illness previously, and abdominal pain (21, 53.8%) was the most frequently feigned illness. On the pre-reading questionnaire, 14 (29.8%) answered that they would reveal the truth by fair means or foul, whereas 15 (32.0%) would turn a blind eye to a malingering patient. On the post-reading questionnaire, however, 17 (36.2%) answered that they would reveal the truth, while 22 (46.8%) answered that they would turn a blind eye. It is notable that among the 18 students (38.2%) who replied that whether they would reveal the truth depended on the situation on the pre-reading questionnaire, 3 (6.3%) instead stated on the post-reading questionnaire that they would reveal the truth, while 7 (14.9%) answered that they would turn a blind eye. The remaining 8 (17.0%) did not change their mind and still replied that it depended on the situation. Conclusion: It is thought that reading and discussing this story gave the students the opportunity to think about how to manage malingering patients, as portrayed in Shalamov's Kolyma Tales (1974).

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confidence: 99%