Which of the following feature differentiates malingering and hysteria?: (A) Malingering has poor prognosis, (B) Hysteria is common in females, (C) Hypnosis, (D) Conscious motive is seen in malingering
Answer is D. In malingering there is a conscious imitation of illness, whereas in hysteria there is unconscious simulation. In malingering the person is willfully simulating a disease with a conscious motive. The motive if often evident in Malingering. E.g. a soldier avoids taking pa in war by having a physical or mental illness.