2017
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.217017
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A Serial Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

Abstract: Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) is a form of child abuse that describes children whose parents or caregivers invent illness stories and substantiate the stories by fabricating false physical signs. Through this case report, a serial MSBP case is presented along with psychiatric evaluation of the perpetrator mother who was sent to the Forensic Psychiatric Observation Department of the Council of Forensic Medicine to assess whether she has any mental disorder. Although there are several studies on MSBP, we p… Show more

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“…Caregiver-fabricated illness (CFI), previously known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP), is a psychiatric disease in which a person induces intentional harm to another to gain personal benefit from the treatment process [4,5]. This disease is emerging and becoming more prevalent in children and is now considered a form of child abuse [6].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Caregiver-fabricated illness (CFI), previously known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP), is a psychiatric disease in which a person induces intentional harm to another to gain personal benefit from the treatment process [4,5]. This disease is emerging and becoming more prevalent in children and is now considered a form of child abuse [6].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Terminas "Miunhauzeno sindromas" pirmą kartą paminėtas 1951 m., apibūdinant individus, kurie tyčia produkuodavo ligų simptomus ir dėl to kreipdavosi į medicinos įstaigas [1][2][3]. Vėliau, 1977 m., pavartotas terminas "įgaliotojo asmens Miunhauzeno sindromas", siekiant apibūdinti motinas, kurios sukurdavo ligos istorijas, meluodamos apie savo vaiko sveikatos būklę, falsifikuodavo somatinius simptomus ir klastodavo tyrimų rezultatus, kad tas istorijas įrodytų [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Šis sindromas dar vartojamas kalbant ir apie vyresnius, neįgalius ar kitaip prikausančius nuo įgaliotinio asmenis [1,4,7].…”
Section: įVadasunclassified
“…ĮMS atveju klastojamos ligos simptomai pasireiškia tik vaikui esant su tėvais ir išnyksta atskyrus nuo globėjų [5,6,12]. Šio sutrikimo atveju tėvai pateikią nenuoseklią, neatitinkančią medicininės dokumentacijos anamnezę [5].…”
Section: Tyrimo Rezultataiunclassified
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