A neonatal nurse has been jailed for two years for committing pension fraud while pretending she had leukaemia. Amanda Muir told her family that she was dying, shaved her head and took weight loss ...

In a letter to the judge, Stultz said he has borderline personality disorder and factitious disorder, a condition in which ...

Defence counsel Jonathan Crow revealed that the accused had since been diagnosed with a “factitious disorder” – a mental illness in which a person, without a malingering motive, acts as if they have ...

If you have one of 20 psychiatric disorders that qualify you for Personal Independence Payments, you could receive up to £749 ...

One of the earliest figures known to have faked an illness for personal advantage was Odysseus. Odysseus was the hero of ...

The mention of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often conjures images of scrupulous organization and particularity — a ...

The Department for Work and Pensions has listed the 20 mental health conditions that could make you eligible for up to ...

The Gulf War left many veterans with a plethora of unexplained, complicated symptoms, but their problems were left ignored.

After more than 30 years, a key medical tracking system now lists Gulf War Illness as a formal diagnosis in international ...

Victoria Beckham has revealed she has faced a lifelong struggle with an eating disorder after being body shamed at theatre school when she was a teen. The Spice Girl turned fashion designer will open ...