A “best of” movies list devoted to the first half of the year raises an implicit question: Is there a substantive difference ...

Feldman said: "Munchausen syndrome by proxy is usually horrific, and people love horror movies and they love medical mysteries and psychological puzzles. It combines all these elements. It is ...

Blanchard is one of the most infamous victims of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, in which a caregiver fabricates their child’s illnesses in order to gain sympathy.

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 sick ...

In 1951, the term Munchausen syndrome was used to describe the fabrication of medical symptoms, ... Several books and movies in pop culture remind us to focus on the child.

Munchausen syndrome by proxy diagnoses under question in Lehigh County "It was devastating. I mean, it just felt like a movie," said a parent who was accused of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

What Causes Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy? The exact cause of MSP is not known, but researchers are looking at the roles of biological and psychological factors in its development.

According to Lifetime, the six-hour special features unprecedented access to Gypsy Rose Blanchard, a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy who suffered horrific abuse and made national headlines ...

The term “Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy” was first used by Roy Meadow in The Lancet in 1977 to describe “parents who, by falsification, caused their children innumerable harmful hospital ...