Thank you for bringing up the subject. I was the victim of a superb faker. He is the man who stalked me, broke into my house and tried to shoot me. His addictions were his "handicap" and he used the system in ways I didn't even think were possible, from pretending to be mentally retarded to having seizures. I witnessed him doing such things. He was in a psych ward for a while after his mother did a mental hygiene report on him. He received several government assistance payments as well as Soc.Sec. disability and foodstamps, all of which went for gambling, alcohol and drugs. He was a criminal, a master thief, a child molester, and I suspected him of much worse, like murder. So...one would wonder why I, an educated older woman, became his target...and it is primarily because I moved into his neighborhood (where he resided with his parents at the time), and being the con artist he was, I was his victim. Yes, I was stupid, but there are sociopaths who are so good at conning and faking, and I had no idea such people existed. He quickly zeroed in on my weaknesses and vulnerabilities. That is what these people do, and I have no doubt the psych wards have their fair share of such people.