KnowraFactitious disorderLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Factitious disorder, each with the reason it gives.All 9Compared with 9Functional neurological disorderCompared with: Unlike factitious disorder, FND is not defined by intentional symptom production.Somatic symptom disorderCompared with: Unlike this disorder, factitious disorder involves deliberate deception about illness.MalingeringCompared with: It also involves intentional symptoms, but lacks malingering’s external incentive.Conversion disorderCompared with: Unlike conversion disorder, factitious disorder involves deliberate symptom production.Dissociative amnesiaCompared with: Factitious symptoms are intentionally produced, unlike the involuntary memory inability defining dissociative amnesia.Psychogenic non-epileptic seizureCompared with: Unlike PNES, factitious symptoms involve deliberate production or falsification.Clinical vampirismCompared with: Fabricated claims about blood drinking would be a different clinical issue from the behavior itself.Ganser syndromeCompared with: Unlike Ganser syndrome, factitious disorder centers on illness deception, which requires separate evidence.MorgellonsCompared with: It is sometimes confused with unexplained symptoms, but requires evidence of deliberate symptom production.