Dr. Harold has just contacted child protective services because he believes a child he just assessed is being influenced to fake a disorder by someone else. This likely concerns which of the following?a) Factitious disorder
b) Malingering
c) Conversion disorder
d) Somatic symptom disorder

a) Factitious disorder

Explanation:

Factitious disorder simply relates to the situation in which an individual deliberately and purposefully fake symptoms that have been observed from someone with such real disorder. Factitious disorder could be considered as mental illness, which might be as result of several causes such as the need to attract the care and attention given to a sick person of such disorder.