According to an arrest affidavit, investigators allege that Jon Holcomb caused or failed to prevent harm to his young child.

Queensland woman Amanda Maree Power has recently been jailed after faking cancer and fraudulently raising about A$24,000 from friends, family and strangers over several years—including to pay for ...

OBJECTIVE: The presence of a lesion with atypical presentation, obscure clinical history, which does not improve with classic treatments, shall raise the red flag of the medical team. In such cases, ...

Background: Somatic symptom and related disorders (SSRDs) are prevalent worldwide, but their expression, help-seeking patterns, and management are strongly shaped by cultural context. In the Arab ...

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 ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex psychiatric disorder marked by unstable relationships, mood lability, and a shattered self-image, presenting with comorbid ...

The convicted murderer could have her sentence reduced. As Erin Patterson awaits sentencing after being convicted of the murders of three people, it has been reported that she could avoid a life ...

Perhaps the most well-known factitious disorder, Munchausen syndrome manifests as someone pretending to be ill or deliberately producing symptoms of illness. When a clinician obtains advanced ...

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 ...

A Tarrant County mother is behind bars after investigators say she lied about her daughter’s health and subjected the girl to unnecessary medical procedures. Denise Zamora is charged with abusing her ...

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...