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A member asked:
I'm doing a project on mental disorders and i was wondering, is there any way that you can fake a mental illness?
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Yes: I have uncovered some people who faked it for up to 10 years or more in state hospitals. All very bright and all with incredible sense of entitlement and marked psychopathic thinking.
Answered 12/12/2013
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