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 ...

The Politician is the latest TV show to use Munchausen by proxy as a storyline, ... The American Psychiatric Association recognized it only in 2013, albeit not under the name Munchausen by proxy, ...

These mothers had Munchausen by Proxy, a form of abuse in which a caregiver fabricates an illness or injury to someone in their care to elicit sympathy for themselves Divorced mom Blanchard was ...

What to know about Munchausen by proxy. Munchausen by proxy is a rare mental illness, according to the National Library of Medicine, and is also a form of child abuse.It occurs when a child's ...

Munchausen by proxy red flags. Other possible warning signs of MSP include: The child has a history of many hospitalizations, often with a strange set of symptoms.

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.

Ingrid suggests that a child may not really be sick in Watson season 1, episode 8. At least, not by natural causes. You’ve heard of the term Munchausen by Proxy. It’s a condition that comes up ...

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.

Authorities believe that Brown suffers of Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy, a condition in which people are known to fabricate or induce illness in someone under their care, police sources said.

But according to Andrea Dunlop and Mike Weber’s new book, “The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy” (St. Martin’s Press, out Feb. 4), none of this was true.

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 ...

They first took the 14-year-old to Boston Children's Hospital in February 2013 when she was complaining of severe stomach pain. ... "Munchausen syndrome by proxy is usually horrific, ...