Munchausen syndrome by proxy

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Munchausen syndrome by proxy

n.
A psychiatric disorder in which a parent or other caregiver seeks attention from medical professionals by causing or fabricating signs or symptoms of illness in a child.
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Mun′chausen syn`drome by prox′y


n.
a form of Munchausen syndrome in which a person induces or claims to observe a disease in another, usually a close relative, in order to attract the doctor's attention to herself or himself.
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Legal and law enforcement debate whether this is a classic Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, a form of abuse where the person supposed to care for the individual makes up or causes the condition.
Doctors believed she had Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare disorder which sees people project symptoms of illness onto other people.
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MUNCHAUSEN syndrome by proxy is a mental illness and a form of child abuse.
Hannah Turtle, who murdered her baby son, James, was diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome by proxy after she poisoned and suffocated the baby.
However, doctors suspect Ms Bowen-Wright suffers from what they call Munchausen syndrome by proxy.For now, Baron von Munchausen's story will remain aside.
DISCUSSION: Asher (1) coined the term Munchausen Syndrome in 1951 and the term "Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy" was coined by a Physician Roy Meadow (2) in 1977, which has been replaced by the term "Factitious Disorder by Proxy".
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP), also known as pediatric condition falsification, is a mental disorder in which a parent, often a mother, fabricates illness in a child in order to gain attention from medical staff.
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