At the hospital 41 children from 37 families were identified as having had illness induced by
a parent who in all but three cases was the mother. Their case records were reviewed. Four …

Objective: The overriding objective is a critical examination of Munchausen syndrome by
proxy (MSBP) and its closely-related alternative, factitious disorder by proxy (FDBP). Beyond …

Few crimes generate greater public reaction than those where a mother murders her child.
We are repelled, yet mesmerized, by the emerging details of cases such as Andrea Yates …

Objective: To determine the epidemiology of Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) in
New Zealand and describe the effects of this condition on children and their paediatricians …

Preface… something I learned in 1968 when I walked into the University of Colorado School
of Medicine as a pediatric intern. I learned then, from [C.] Henry Kemp, that child abuse and …

Among 1648 asthmatic patients, 17 families (1%) were identified as having Munchausen
syndrome by proxy. Ten families did not treat their children's, attacks or refused medical …

Objective: Since factitious disorders entered the official psychiatric nomenclature in DSM-III
and DSM-III-R, there has been a proliferation of reports and commentary about this unusual …

Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome (MBPS), a form of child abuse in which a caretaker--
usually a mother--fabricates and/or induces illness in a child, is one of the least understood …

This step-by-step guide will help you identify and manage cases of this unique form of child
maltreatment! Munchausen by proxy (MBP) is a dangerous kind of maltreatment in which a …

Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSP) is a complex form of child abuse in which an adult,
usually a mother, creates the appearance that her child is ill by fabricating evidence and …