Talk:Malingering
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[edit] Performance?
If an actor fabricates the symptoms of a disorder to portray a character, that's not malingering, right? Where is the line between performance and malingering drawn? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 23:43, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Where there is a secondary gain for the patient. --PaulWicks 21:53, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
But what is classified as secondary gain? Have there been any notable court cases against performance artists accusing them of seeking a secondary gain? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 04:30, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I thought this was a joke at first hence the brevity of my response. OK, well if an actor is acting sick, that's acting. However if an actor can't be bothered to show up for rehearsals and so feigns an illness, that's malingering. Malingering is not a crime, nor really a diagnosis, it's more of a verb really. --PaulWicks 09:26, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
It can be symptomatic of other illnesses or abuse. I know many like to classify it purely as criminal behavior, but it usually is indicative of some other more severe problem that goes untreated. 24.47.159.180
