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  1. Playing Sick?: Untangling the Web of Munchausen Syndrome, Munchausen by Proxy, Malingering, and Factitious Disorder by Marc D. Feldman, 2004-06-03
  2. Munchausen Syndrome - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References by ICON Health Publications, 2004-12-06
  3. Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory, 2004-09-28
  4. Hurting for Love: Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome by Herbert A. Schreier MD, Judith A. Libow, 1993-05-21
  5. Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy Reconsidered by Eric G. Mart, 2002-01-31
  6. Disordered Mother or Disordered Diagnosis? Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome by David B. Allison, Mark S. Roberts, 1998-10-01
  7. Practical Aspects of Munchausen by Proxy and Munchausen Syndrome Investigation (Practical Aspects of Criminal & Forensic Investigation)
  8. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Abuse: A Practical Approach
  9. Medical Child Abuse: Beyond Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy by Thomas A. Roesler, et all 2008-10-31
  10. Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome: Misunderstood Child Abuse
  11. Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy: Current Issues in Assessment (Medical Science) by Shanthi Muttukrishna, William Ledger, 2001-06
  12. Trust Betrayed: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, Inter-Agency Child Protection and Partnership with Families
  13. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Issues in Diagnosis and Treatment by Alex V. Levin, Mary S. Sheridan, 1995-06
  14. When the Body Speaks its Mind: A Psychiatris Probes the Mysteries of Hypochondria and Munchausen's Syndrome by Berney Goodman, 1994-03-23

1. Mothers Against Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy Allegations
M.A.M.A. was started in response to the fast growing number of false allegations of munchausen syndrome by Proxy (MSBP). Parents are being accused of making their own children ill.
http://www.msbp.com/
M others A gainst M unchausen S yndrome b y P roxy A llegations "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." Exodus 20:16 M.A.M.A. was started in response to the fast growing number of false allegations of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP) . Parents are being accused of making their own children ill. Increasingly, families across America, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand are being destroyed by doctors and other professionals who make unwarranted allegations against desperate mothers of chronically/critically ill children. The motives of the accusers can be multi-faceted. Often, allegations are used by a doctor or institution to evade a medical malpractice lawsuit , or to simply rid themselves of a troublesome mom when unable to diagnose a child's condition. "MSBP experts" are career building at the expense of children! Increasingly, this "diagnosis" is being deliberately misused by opposing parents in child custody suits. Many nurses and even doctors have been accused. SIDS deaths are the new frontier of prosecution.

2. Parenting: Parenthood Betrayed The Dilemma Of Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy
Seeking the assistance of a therapist can be a difficult process PARENTHOOD BETRAYED THE DILEMMA OF munchausen syndrome BY PROXY by Marc D. Feldman, M.D. Too Much In Common Kathleen Bush and Yvonne Eldridge had a lot in common. First, both cared
http://www.shpm.com/articles/parenting/hsmun.html

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PARENTHOOD BETRAYED
THE DILEMMA OF MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY
by Marc D. Feldman, M.D.
Too Much In Common
Kathleen Bush and Yvonne Eldridge had a lot in common. First, both cared for children with remarkably complex medical problems: Jennifer Bush suffered from constant intestinal problems, and Eldridge's two foster daughters experienced a host of ailments that left them weak and emaciated. Second, both Bush and Eldridge spent most of their time escorting their sickly girls from doctor to doctor: Jennifer was eventually hospitalized 200 times, and all three children had to undergo surgery to place feeding tubes into their stomachs. And third, both parents received the highest praise for their exemplary devotion to their little charges: Bush was lauded by Hillary Clinton at a 1994 White House rally, while Eldridge was named national "Mother of the Year" in 1988 by Nancy Reagan. Yet prosecutors now maintain that Kathleen Bush and Yvonne Eldridge shared one more feature, a dark secret only recently exposed to the glare of television shows and newspapers around the world. Bush and Eldridge are accused of having a strange psychiatric ailment called "Munchausen syndrome by proxy" that led them to manufacture the girls' illnesses to meet their own needs for attention and sympathy. Bush is alleged to have deliberately poisoned and infected her daughter, Eldridge to have starved her foster children and reported symptoms that never really existed.

3. Factitious Disorder, Malingering, Munchausen, & Munchausen By Proxy
Comprehensive site on factitious disorders, malingering munchausen syndrome, andmunchausen syndrome by proxy, problems in which people feign or induce illness
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Marc_Feldman_2/
Dr. Marc Feldman's Munchausen Syndrome, Malingering, Factitious Disorder,
Skip to Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
Skip to Obtain Books on the Subject.

Skip to The Munchausen Tales.

Skip to Dr. Feldman's Non-Munchausen Book, "Stranger Than Fiction: When Our Minds Betray Us."
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ATTORNEYS ONLY: Click to visit Dr. Feldman's site for attorneys.
***DR. FELDMAN'S NEW BOOK, "PLAYING SICK," WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE FUTURE. EMAIL HIM AT MDF@MYSELF.COM TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT IS RELEASED.*** Dr. Feldman may not be able to respond to every email. Also, he can vouch only for the material in the links below that he has personally written. I am a psychiatrist and author from Birmingham, Alabama. MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME is the most severe and chronic form of my area of specialty, the FACTITIOUS DISORDERS. I am an expert in MALINGERING as well (in which people do the same thing, but for external gain such as narcotics). Factitious disorders are well-recognized among psychiatrists, but they have not received the attentionor advocacy among consumers, families, and professionalsthat have greeted more common ailments such as depression. However, factitious disorders can be every bit as disabling and further public and professional education are vital. People with factitious disorders feign, exaggerate, or actually self-induce illnesses. Their aim? To assume the status of "patient," and thereby to win attention, nurturance, and lenience that they feel unable to obtain in any other way. Unlike individuals who "malinger," people with factitious disorders are not primarily seeking external gains such as disability payments or narcotic drugsthough they may receive them nonetheless.

4. MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY
A slide show on the disorder.
http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/pa/sresrch/Huynh/Huynh/sld001.htm

5. Factitious Disorders, Munchausen & Munchausen By Proxy Page
Comprehensive site dealing with factitious disorders, munchausen syndrome, and Munchausen by proxycondi Category Health Mental Health Disorders Factitious......Comprehensive site dealing with factitious disorders, munchausen syndrome, Munchausenby proxy, and malingeringconditions in which people falsify illness.
http://www.munchausen.com/
Comprehensive site dealing with factitious disorders, Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen by proxy, and malingeringconditions in which people falsify illness.
Munchausen, proxy, factitious, child abuse, malingering, Munchausen's, mental illness, abuse, hypochondria, psychiatry, psychology, sick role
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6. ASM 15(4); Case Report: Munchausen Syndrome
munchausen syndrome Presenting as Immunodeficiency A Case Report and Review of Literature Aamer Aleem, MBBS, MRCP(UK); Dahish S. Ajarim, MD, FRCP(C) munchausen syndrome is one of the most intriguing of factitious disorders.
http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/annals/154/94280/94280.html
July 1995
Munchausen Syndrome - Presenting as Immunodeficiency:
A Case Report and Review of Literature
Aamer Aleem , MBBS, MRCP(UK); Dahish S. Ajarim , MD, FRCP(C)
Munchausen syndrome is one of the most intriguing of factitious disorders. Doctors working in teaching institutions and medical emergency centers are more likely to come across such patients and these patients can present with so many diverse complaints that doctors and physicians working in all fields of medicine should be aware of this entity. Most clinicians will encounter at least one patient with a factitious disorder during their practice years of which Munchausen syndrome is the most extreme type. In this report, we present a case of Munchausen syndrome referred as a possible case of immune deficiency.
Case Report
A 22-year-old single female (university student) was referred to our hospital as a possible case of immune deficiency or neutrophil disorder. On admission, she had painful swelling over the right breast for five days and gave a history of similar recurrent swellings over the abdominal wall during the past few months which needed repeated surgical drainage in other hospitals on about 20 occasions. She denied a history of fever, upper or lower respiratory tract symptoms, trauma or such lesions on other parts of the body except the abdominal wall. Her problems started at the age of 17 when she was seen for amenorrhea. She had only two cycles and then failed to menstruate. She was prescribed oral contraceptives and after a few months she developed symptoms suggestive of deep vein thrombosis in one leg. It was proven on venogram and she was started on anticoagulants; while being on warfarin, she developed recurrent deep vein thrombosis (DVT). She was again hospitalized and the dose of warfarin was gradually increased to 105 mg but still the prothrombin time and INR did not increase significantly. Even her medications were given under supervision so she was labeled as a case of warfarin resistance possibly due to poor absorption.

7. Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP) And Other Attention Seeking Personality Diso
munchausen syndrome, msbp, factitious disorder, false victims, and centre of attention behaviour Read this. munchausen syndrome and. munchausen syndrome By Proxy (MSBP)
http://www.successunlimited.co.uk/bully/munchaus.htm
Falsely accused, harassed, ignored, distortion, hate mail, manipulated, deliberate harm? Read this Munchausen Syndrome and
Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP)
Factitious disorder, factitious disorder by proxy Munchausen Syndrome is an attention-seeking personality disorder which is more common than statistics suggest. Munchausen Syndrome, named after a German soldier renowned for exaggerated tales, is a predominantly female disorder in which an emotionally immature person with narcissistic tendencies, low self-esteem and a fragile ego has an overwhelming need to draw attention to herself and to be the centre of attention. In Munchausen Syndrome, this is achieved by capitalising on, exploiting, exaggerating or feigning illness or injury or personal misfortune. The opportunities for being centre of attention can be increased if feigning victimhood through alleged victimisation, isolation, exclusion or persecution is added to the equation; the Munchausen person can then depict another person (often a family member) as a victimiser or persecutor and herself as the victim. Presenting herself as a false victim is also a Munchausen trait. In Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP), occasions for being centre of attention are created by deliberately causing illness, injury or harm to others to provide opportunities for rescue and care. Often the MSBP sufferer will work as a nurse, perhaps in a hospital ward for sick children (especially very young babies) or in a home for elderly persons, or with severely handicapped people, or as a care giver; the common thread is a victim whose is vulnerable, whose verbal skills or emotional state or mental condition prevents them from explaining what the MSBP person is doing to them and whose hold on life may already be precarious. Even if the victim survives, they cannot or will not be a witness. Because death amongst these groups occurs normally and is therefore not unusual or unexpected, her activities in causing death may escape notice for years.

8. Louisa J. Lasher's Factitious Disorder By Proxy / Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome H
as Factitious Disorder by Proxy, Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome, and munchausen syndrome by Proxy is a very real and
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Louisa is available to provide Munchausen by Proxy maltreatment training, case consultation, technical assistance, and expert witness services in an objective manner (no partiality to either side) and in the best interest of the child or children involved. References are available upon request. click here Check out the upcoming Idaho MBP Workshops - Spring/Summer 2003! Munchausen by Proxy (MBP) - also known as Factitious Disorder by Proxy, Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome, and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy - is a very real and very dangerous form of maltreatment (abuse/neglect). I hope you will find this website informative and useful. I suggest that you begin by taking the MBP Quiz , and then checking your answers. Press Ctrl D to bookmark this site.

9. Munchausen Syndrome - Frequently Asked Questions
Offers tid bits to shed light on this factitious disorder .
http://perso.club-internet.fr/andreisz/munchausen_faq.htm
home definitions internet resources
Frequently asked questions
  • "Have I Munchausen's?"
The only one who knows for sure the diagnosis is the patient her/him self. She/he is the only one who could know if she/he intentionally, consciously produced the signs and symptoms in order to be cared as patient. In this case she/he knows that she/he suffer from Munchausen syndrome (factitious disorder).
  • "Can those people ever been cured?"
There is limited information on the best methods to treat factitious disorders. However, there are many reports of various therapies that worked in individual cases. There are also some personal stories of ex - Munchausen patients who recovered (with or without professional help). (On " internet resources " section you'll find links to two of those stories) Finally, "statistically speaking", this pathology seems to become rarer in the old age so, maybe, the natural course is toward recovery. The single most important factor for cure is, in my opinion, the patient's willingness to undergo therapy and liberate her/him self of the disorder. For Munchausen by proxy syndrome data are even scarcer and things are further complicated by the risks for the child (which imposes precaution in assessing individual outcome) and the involvement of the legal system (which make the evaluation of the patient's willingness to cure difficult).

10. EMedicine - Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy : Article By Jon Donavon Mason, MD, FAC
He coined the term munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) after the syndrome that first had been reported by Asher in 1951.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic830.htm
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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
Last Updated: May 1, 2001 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: factitious disorder by proxy AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 7 Author Information Introduction Warning Signs Of Msbp Symptoms Of Msbp ... Bibliography
Author: Jon Donavon Mason, MD, FACEP, FAAP , Assistant Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School Jon Donavon Mason, MD, FACEP, FAAP, is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics American College of Emergency Physicians , and Editor(s): James Li, MD , Mount Auburn Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD , Senior Pharmacy Editor, Pharmacy, eMedicine; Robert C Harwood, MD, MPH

11. Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy
Information, link, books, case studies, news and support center for munchausen syndrome by Proxy.
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12. EMedicine - Munchausen Syndrome : Article By William Ernoehazy, Jr, MD, FACEP
Synonyms and related keywords munchausen syndrome by proxy, factitious illness
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic322.htm
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Last Updated: December 11, 2001 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: Munchausen syndrome by proxy, factitious illness AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 10 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography
Author: William Ernoehazy, Jr, MD, FACEP , Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Luke's Hospital of Jacksonville William Ernoehazy, Jr, MD, FACEP, is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians , and Wilderness Medical Society Editor(s): Eric Kardon, MD , Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Athens Regional Medical Center; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD , Senior Pharmacy Editor, Pharmacy, eMedicine; Robert C Harwood, MD, MPH , Program Director, Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Christ Hospital and Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School; John Halamka, MD

13. Family Testimonies Of False Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy
nurses and media who are currently being indoctrinated into the munchausen syndromeBy Proxy Agenda will see the devastation to both family and child that a
http://www.msbp.com/family.htm
Family Testimonies To get your story posted, fax, Email or mail your information to M.A.M.A. Include a picture, if available.
We hope that medical students, physicians, nurses and media who are currently being indoctrinated into
the "Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy Agenda" will see the devastation to both family and child
that a false allegation can deliver. Mary O'Connor
(Prologue by Dr. Charles Lapp) Yvonne Eldridge
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(Yet another nurse) (Another foster family) Susan Hocevar Home To Mothers Against MSBP Allegations

14. MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY
munchausen syndrome BY PROXY. 12/14/98. Click here to start. Table of Contents.munchausen syndrome BY PROXY. Case studies. Case A…. Case A
http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/pa/sresrch/Huynh/Huynh/
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MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY Case studies Case A... Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP) ... PPT Slide Author: Kiet Huynh Email: huynh@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu Home Page: http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/pa/pa.htm

15. Chronic Illness: Parenthood Betrayed The Dilemma Of Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy
PARENTHOOD BETRAYED THE DILEMMA OF munchausen syndrome BY PROXY. byMarc D. Feldman, MD. Too Much In Common. Kathleen Bush and Yvonne
http://www.shpm.com/articles/chronic/hsmun.html

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PARENTHOOD BETRAYED THE DILEMMA OF MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY by Marc D. Feldman, M.D.
Too Much In Common
Kathleen Bush and Yvonne Eldridge had a lot in common. First, both cared for children with remarkably complex medical problems: Jennifer Bush suffered from constant intestinal problems, and Eldridge's two foster daughters experienced a host of ailments that left them weak and emaciated. Second, both Bush and Eldridge spent most of their time escorting their sickly girls from doctor to doctor: Jennifer was eventually hospitalized 200 times, and all three children had to undergo surgery to place feeding tubes into their stomachs. And third, both parents received the highest praise for their exemplary devotion to their little charges: Bush was lauded by Hillary Clinton at a 1994 White House rally, while Eldridge was named national "Mother of the Year" in 1988 by Nancy Reagan. Yet prosecutors now maintain that Kathleen Bush and Yvonne Eldridge shared one more feature, a dark secret only recently exposed to the glare of television shows and newspapers around the world. Bush and Eldridge are accused of having a strange psychiatric ailment called "Munchausen syndrome by proxy" that led them to manufacture the girls' illnesses to meet their own needs for attention and sympathy. Bush is alleged to have deliberately poisoned and infected her daughter, Eldridge to have starved her foster children and reported symptoms that never really existed.

16. Munchausen Syndrome Hub
Links to information and resources.
http://www.genomelink.org/munchausen

17. FACTITIOUS DISORDERS WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Factitious disorders (munchausen syndrome). Definition, Introduction, Munchausensyndrome, Psychological factitious disorders, Mail me! Terminology note,
http://perso.club-internet.fr/andreisz/

Factitious disorders (Munchausen syndrome)
Definition : Factitious disorder represents the intentional production of physical or psychological signs and symptoms in the absence of (significant) external incentives.
On this site you will find Content Introduction : My first aim when I designed this site was to exchange information with professionals (psychiatrists, psychologists, doctors, nurses etc.) on the very narrow topic of factitious disorders with psychological signs and symptoms. At that time I did not imagine that "lay persons" could be interested in such a specific subject. However the mails that I received proved that many persons with no specific training in the medical or psychological fields were interested by factitious disorders and Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP). Thus, for those persons, mostly patients, ex patients, parents and friends of Munchausen syndrome sufferers the information was both too limited in scope and too complicated in presentation.

18. ASM 15(4); Case Report: Munchausen Syndrome (Abstract)
munchausen syndrome Presenting as Immunodeficiency A Case Report and Reviewof Literature. Aamer Aleem, MBBS, MRCP(UK); Dahish S. Ajarim, MD, FRCP(C).
http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/annals/154/94280/94280ab.html
July 1995
Munchausen Syndrome - Presenting as Immunodeficiency:
A Case Report and Review of Literature
Aamer Aleem, MBBS, MRCP(UK); Dahish S. Ajarim, MD, FRCP(C)
Munchausen syndrome is one of the most intriguing of factitious disorders. Doctors working in teaching institutions and medical emergency centers are more likely to come across such patients and these patients can present with so many diverse complaints that doctors and physicians working in all fields of medicine should be aware of this entity. Most clinicians will encounter at least one patient with a factitious disorder during their practice years of which Munchausen syndrome is the most extreme type. In this report, we present a case of Munchausen syndrome referred as a possible case of immune deficiency. Ann Saudi Med 1995;15(4):

19. Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy Bookstore
Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy Reconsidered by Eric G. Mart (January 2002) Paperback. MunchausenSyndrome by Proxy by Craig McGill (July 2002) Paperback.
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20. Munchausen Syndrome
munchausen syndrome and munchausen syndrome by proxy are serious disorders similarto hypocondria that can be treated in various ways. munchausen syndrome.
http://www.allsands.com/Health/Diseases/munchausensyndr_xda_gn.htm
Munchausen syndrome
Munchausen syndrome is a serious medical condition commmonly confused with hypochondria, an often overlooked and minimized condition. With the condition known as hypochondria, people experience physical symptoms of illnesses, and find themselves frequenting doctor’s offices, believing that they are truly sick. However, in Munchausen syndrome, the sufferer knows that he or she is not ill at all but seeks medical attention in order to gain attention he/she feels cannot be gained in any other manner. In some cases of Munchausen syndrome, the sufferer will even inflict harm upon him/herself in order to make become sick or hurt in such a way that medical attention is required. When the condition may be suspected by a physician, he or she will need to keep careful and close detail of a patient's symptoms, and should avoid all exploratory and extreme treatment procedures (i.e., exploratory surgery). If symptoms of Munchausen persist for six months or more and all other options have been considered, the doctor may approach with some care the subject of the syndrome and its possible treatment options. bodyOffer(5080) Munchausen syndrome by proxy, however, is a far more dangerous form of hypochondria where the afflicted person purposely inflicts harm on another person, usually his/her own child, in order to gain attention from those in the medical profession. Children have been severely deformed, if not killed, because of this disorder.

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