There are two types of factitious disorder. The first is imposed on the self. The other is:

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Factitious disorder imposed on another, also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, is a mental illness in which a caregiver fabricates or causes illness or injury in another person, often a child, in order to gain attention or sympathy. This is different from malingering, which involves intentionally feigning symptoms for some external gain, and psychogenic seizures, which are involuntary seizures triggered by psychological factors. Globus is a physical sensation of having a lump in the throat, and is not related to factitious disorder.

There Are Two Types of Factitious Disorder