[The simulation of mental disorders. 2. Other psychopathological and psychosociodynamic aspects]

The output and presentation of unauthentic symptoms, or more or less roughly exaggerated, effected intentionally, can only create conceptual and semantic difficulties to the observer when, well informed by the context, he suspects a utilitarian objective from the individual person. The problem of malingering, seed of pathology, refers to questions on the expert's role and his way of collaboration with the petitioning authority.