Factitious disorder refers to non-existent physical or psychological disorder deliberately faked for no apparent gain except, possibly, sympathy and attention.
So Factitious Disorder is a disorder in which people fake symptoms or disorders not for the purpose of any particular gain, but because of an inner need to maintain a sick role; a condition in which an individual maintains the sick role for secondary gain; the individual derives satisfaction from being considered ill Factitious disorders are conditions in which a person acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick. People with factitious disorders deliberately create or exaggerate symptoms of an illness in several ways. They may lie about or fake symptoms, hurt themselves to bring on symptoms, or alter tests, such as contaminating a urine sample to make it look like they or the person in their care are sick.