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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: problems of definition, diagnosis and treatment
- Author:
- BALDWIN Clive
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 4(3), May 1996, pp.159-165.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is a form of child abuse in which the abuser, usually the mother, fabricates or induces illness in another, usually a child, in order to present the child to the medical establishment for unnecessary examination. While the technicalities of diagnosis have attracted some criticism, there has been much less debate about the validity of the concept itself. This paper raises certain problems associated with the conceptual validity of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, outlines some concerns of current research and puts forward an alternative research programme in order that the concept be understood from the point of view of the suspected abuser and in the wider context of the creation of medical knowledge and sociocultural factors.
Fabricated or induced illness in a child by a carer: a reader
- Author:
- BOOLS Christopher
- Publisher:
- Radcliffe
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 144p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
This book will assist professionals by providing easy access to original sources of information about illness fabricated or induced (FII), previously known as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. It is a collaboration from professionals with varied backgrounds and promotes a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach with a child welfare focus. The information is wide ranging and includes experiences of professionals and victims. Contents include: nature of the phenomena; impact on victims; behaviour, relationships and psychopathology; explanatory models - trying to understand FII; responses by professionals - challenges for the multi-disciplinary response; contributions by psychiatric services; incidence and knowledge of FII; prevention of FII.
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: medical diagnostic criteria
- Author:
- ROSENBERG Donna Andrea
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 27(4), April 2003, pp.421-430.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Medical diagnostic criteria for Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy are presented. The strength of the known facts may vary from case to case, and thus there may be different degrees of diagnostic conviction. Therefore, diagnostic criteria for a definitive diagnosis, and a possible diagnosis of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy are provided. Because the gathering of evidence in a case may, ultimately, diminish or exclude the diagnosis of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, diagnostic criteria for the inconclusive determination and the definitely excluded diagnosis are also enunciated.
The deceit continues: an updated literature review of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
- Author:
- SHERIDAN Mary S.
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 27(4), April 2003, pp.431-451.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This article presents an updated review of the literature of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (Factitious Disorder by Proxy, MBP). Four hundred fifty-one cases of MBP were analyzed from 154 medical and psychosocial journal articles. Typical victims may be either males or females, usually 4 years of age or under. Victims averaged 21.8 months from onset of symptoms to diagnosis. Six percent of victims were dead, and 7.3% were judged to have suffered long-term or permanent injury. Twenty-five percent of victims' known siblings are dead, and 61.3% of siblings had illnesses similar to those of the victim or which raised suspicions of MBP. Mothers were perpetrators in 76.5% of cases, but as knowledge of MBP grows a wider range of perpetrators is identified. In a small number of cases, MBP was found to co-exist with secondary gain or other inflicted injury. Although published cases form a non-random sample, they add to knowledge about MBP and validate claims that it occurs. More knowledge about non-medical aspects of MBP, and more pooling of data, is desirable.
Concerns about research and prevention strategies in Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP) abuse
- Authors:
- EMINSON Mary, JUREIDINI Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 27(4), April 2003, pp.413-420.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
There would seem to be three motives for research into Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP) abuse; first to enhance treatment; second to enhance our understanding of the psychopathology of those who carry out the abuse; and third to find interventions to prevent its occurrence. The authors will argue that only the first justification is valid. The second and third should be questioned for several reasons including: MSBP abuse is the wrong kind of event to think of in terms of categorical diagnosis; rare events are inherently difficult to predict; and better research targets are available. It is proposed that research energy would be more productively directed towards furthering our understanding of somatization and certain problematic aspects of modern pediatric practice.
A response to 'factitious disorders by proxy: a trap for the unwary'
- Authors:
- TROWELL J., MILES G.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 11(2), November 1997, pp.139-144.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The authors comment on the article 'Factitious disorders by proxy' (Randall & Parker, Journal of Social Work Practice, 11(1), 1997, pp.17-26). Reflects on the cases the authors have dealt with, and describes some of these so that links can be made between the article by Randall & Parker (1997) and everyday practice. The authors then provide ideas about how they understand the processes that are so powerfully occurring that they result in such massive splitting and denial. Hopes that these will be helpful to a practitioner confronted by such a case to enable them to understand what may be behind the 'ill' child presented.
The identification and management of illness induction syndrome
- Authors:
- MOERIE V., GRAY J., RAWLINGS D.
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 8(1), 1996, pp.27-42.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Induction illness is a category of child abuse which is characterised by a child receiving medical attention for symptoms that have been either falsified or directly induced by their carer. This paper describes the patterns of abuse, characteristics of parents who induce illness in their children, types of symptoms presented by children in whom illness is induced and the implications of this knowledge for the investigation, assessment and management of induced illness. The child protection process is considered from the perspective of a multidisciplinary team which includes a social worker working in a hospital paediatric unit.