Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix on set filming Beau ... Fraught mother-son relationships are central to Munchausen (2013) and The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011), to the point that both ...

Munchausen syndrome is a factitious disorder, a mental health disorder in which a person repeatedly and deliberately acts as if they have a physical or mental illness when they are not really ...

[Karel] Zeman, who did ‘The Fabulous Baron Munchausen,’ was our main inspiration. He used to play with miniatures in the right perspective and distance to the camera to make the sets feel huge ...

Munchausen by proxy is a mental illness characterized by a caretaker who makes someone sick on purpose. Also known as factitious disorder imposed on another, it's most common in women with young ...

Physicians are taking note of a rise in both mild and severe cases of Munchausen syndrome by proxy — the condition at the center of Florida’s closely-watched “Take Care of Maya” trial that ...

Whether fictional or fact-based, Munchausen syndrome by proxy grips the public. Media depictions in The Sixth Sense and Sharp Objects and real-life news coverage of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s ...

WHITE PLAINS, New York (AP) — Experts say the case of a mother accused of poisoning her 5-year-old son to death with salt appears be an example of how social media feeds into Munchausen by proxy ...

What Is Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy? Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental illness where a caregiver makes up or exaggerates an illness in a person in their care. This disorder is now called ...