A national hospital discharge survey in 2013 recorded 6.8 cases of a factitious disorder per 100,000 patients. It is unclear how many of those patients had Munchausen syndrome, specifically.

Olive, the character of Camille Prats in GMA Afternoon Prime series "Mommy Dearest," is suffering from a disorder called Munchausen syndrome by proxy.. In an exclusive interview with GMA Drama, "Mommy ...

Hope Ybarra is the Texas mother at the center of one of America's most infamous cases of Munchausen by Proxy disorder. Tribune News Service via Getty Images One of Hope Ybarra's many tattoos.

She's gone from being a victim of Munchausen by Proxy to convicted murderer to internet icon. Now, she’s becoming a mother for the first time. Here is everything you need to know about Gypsy ...

The official incidence is about 0.5 to 2.0 cases in every 100,000 children under the age of 16, according to a 2013 Pediatrics report, ... Deception is central to Munchausen by proxy.

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 ...

Over the next 200 years, the word “Munchausen” settled into the collective psyche. By the 1850s, it was most often used as a verb, slang for telling “extravagantly untruthful pseudo ...

Sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2013 for her cruel and unusual role in the death of her infant daughter, Blanca Montano's case of Munchausen's is particularly tough to read.

Gypsy was forced to use a wheelchair and undergo unnecessary medical procedures, her attorneys said. After Dee Dee’s murder, Gypsy was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was released early.. Gypsy’s ...

Munchausen by proxy is a rare mental disorder and can become a serious form of child abuse. Recently, the condition has gotten increased attention due to its connection to a major news story.