For a person with factitious disorder, the primary aim is to obtain sympathy, nurturance, and attention accompanying the sick role.[1] This is in contrast to malingering, in which the patient wishes to obtain external gains such as disability payments or to avoid an unpleasant situation, such as military duty. Factitious disorder and malingering cannot be diagnosed in the same patient, and the diagnosis of factitious disorder depends on the absence of any other psychiatric disorder.[1] While they are both listed in the DSM-IV-TR, factitious disorder is considered a mental disorder, while malingering is not.[2]