Feigned Insanity |
True Insanity |
Comes on suddenly |
Rarely develops all of a sudden |
Usually has a motive |
Usually has no specific motive |
Individual tries to pass of as mentally ill by putting
forward incoherent maniacal symptoms, especially when he knows he is
under observation. There is total remission of all symptoms when he
thinks he is not being observed. |
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Symptoms are not uniform. Patient usually mixes up symptoms of two distinct types of mental illness. |
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Violent exertions occasioned by imitating maniacal frenzy will bring on exhaustion, perspiration, and sleep. |
Truelly ill person can exhibit all these symptoms for days without any exhaustion. |
Usually not dirty or filthy in his habits. |
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Usually resents being examined repeatedly. |
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It is almost impossible to feign sleeplessness for long. |
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