Hospital fetish lands asbo man in prisonThe Northern Echo, UK - 15 hours agoAndrew Semple, mitigating, said Hutchins had been diagnosed as having Munchausen syndrome - a psychiatric disorder in which those affected feign disease, …Hospital fetish man jailed again York Pressall 3 news articles
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An Asbo for illnessGuardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 2, 2007Mr Smith was suffering from a condition named Munchausen's syndrome by Jane Asher's father Richard, a great doctor with a literary bent. …
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Threat to take new-born over emotional abuseTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Aug 25, 2007Mr Hemming was concerned that "vague assertions" of Munchausen's Syndrome by proxy - now known as "fabricated and invented illness" - had been used to …
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GMTVForced adoptionGMTV, UK - Aug 29, 2007… part of Northumberland County Council, said the decision had been made because Miss Lyon was likely to suffer from Munchausen's Syndrome by proxy, …
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ic Teesside.co.ukCouncil denies 'quota' claimic Teesside.co.uk, UK - Sep 2, 2007Northumberland County Council claims mum-to-be Fran Lyon might develop Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Msbp, where sufferers harm people — usually children …
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Health crisisAppleton Post Crescent, USA - Aug 26, 2007In 2005, she was diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Munchausen is a form of abuse in which a parent or caregiver induces symptoms of illness in …
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Agony of dilemma faced by new mumic Teesside.co.uk, UK - Aug 27, 2007… to suffer from Munchausen’s Syndrome by proxy, a condition in which a mother will make up an illness in her child or harm it in order to get attention. …
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Lies, lies, all liesHealth24.com, South Africa - Aug 27, 2007Those who have Munchausen syndrome, for instance, tell very elaborate and fake stories about themselves taking great care to fake physical illness, …
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A big messAppleton Post Crescent, USA - Aug 26, 2007While hospitalized, Barb said, she discovered she was the victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Munchausen is a form of abuse in which a parent or other …
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Florida Department of Children & Families negligent for removing …Sun-Sentinel.com, FL - Aug 24, 2007DCF officials had argued that the children were victims of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare condition where a person deliberately makes another sick. …Munchausen Syndrome - Google News
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BBC NewsWoman admits faking baby illnessBBC News, UK - 41 minutes agoNeil Beardsmore, prosecuting, told the court that McDaid was suffering from Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy - a condition where people draw attention to …
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Mother accused of infant murder faces trialCrime Library, NY - 3 hours agoAuthorities have not ruled out Munchausen syndrome by proxy. That's a psychological condition where caregivers try to attract attention to themselves by …
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Guardian Unlimited: Comment is freeHemming's wayGuardian Unlimited, UK - Aug 8, 2007I recommend you read it in full here, on the website Mothers Against Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, to which Hemming is a regular contributor - scroll down …
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Fritz Blitz a launching pad for playwrights, directorsSan Diego Union Tribune, United States - Aug 12, 2007… played by Kathi Diamant and daughter played by Jeannine Marquie; they're locked in what may be the serial abuse syndrome called Munchausen by Proxy. …
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31 women are serving life in prison in stateDaily Mail - Charleston, WV - Aug 13, 2007… two small children — one fatally with diet pills — to gain sympathy and attention from other people, a condition called Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome. …
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Vanity FairThe Shape of Thighs to ComeVanity Fair, NY - Aug 6, 2007It's a cyber-age variation on Munchausen syndrome that makes old-fashioned tight-lacing and garden-variety female masochism seem wholesome by comparison.
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Daily MailPuppy love - how one wilful spaniel made this widow smile againDaily Mail, UK - 18 hours agoMaybe I suffered from Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, and I was deliberately making him ill without knowing it. But as the vet reassured me on the day we …
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Trial delayed for mother charged in baby's deathDaily Press, VA - 9 hours agoPolice suspect Towns suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a disorder in which someone makes up or causes an illness in a child. …
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