What's the appropriate term for someone that injures himself or others for atten!
Question:
What's the appropriate term for someone that injures himself or others for attention?
Including one who fakes injuries.
Answers:
Munchausen syndrome is a psychiatric disorder in which those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma in order to draw attention or sympathy to themselves. It is in a class of disorders known as factitious disorders which involve "illnesses" whose symptoms are either self-induced or falsified by the patient. It is also sometimes known as hospital addiction syndrome.