A middle-aged client goes to the physician falsely complaining of hip pain. The client's intention is to fake chronic hip pain to apply for disability benefits from the government. Which best reflects the client's potential diagnosis?

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Malingering is the intentional production of false or grossly exaggerated physical or psychological symptoms; it is motivated by external incentives such as avoiding work, evading criminal prosecution, obtaining financial compensation, or obtaining drugs.
Hypochondriasis is preoccupation with the fear that one has a serious disease (disease conviction) or will get a serious disease (disease phobia). Factitious disorder occurs when a person intentionally produces or feigns physical or psychological symptoms solely to gain attention. Munchausen's syndrome by proxy occurs when a person inflicts illness or injury on someone else to gain the attention of emergency medical personnel or to be a hero for saving the victim.

A Middle-Aged Client Goes to the Physician Falsely Complaining of Hip