Factitious Disorder: When Someone Fakes a Serious Illness — and Why

Sarah El Nabulsi joined the hosts of Sabah Al Khair Ya Arab to explain one of the most misunderstood conditions in clinical psychology — Factitious Disorder, formerly known as Munchausen syndrome — following the case of a woman who falsely claimed to have brain cancer and shaved her head to support the deception. Sarah El Nabulsi explains the psychological drivers behind fabricating illness, how to recognise it, and how it is treated.