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or induced illness by carers (FII), medical child abuse and originally named Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP) after Munchausen syndrome, is a mental

Munchausen by proxy, also known as factitious disorder imposed on another, is a condition in which a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems

to seek attention or sympathy for the abuser. This is considered "Munchausen by proxy", and the drive to create symptoms for the victim can result in unnecessary

also had Munchausen by proxy, leading her to fatally poison him with table salt in 2014 Shauna Taylor, a Florida woman with Munchausen by proxy who deliberately

the case, Robert Neary, acknowledged that Spears suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, and therefore did not sentence her to the maximum of 25 years

him from leaving her. The film is named for the phenomenon of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, "a behavior pattern in which a caregiver deliberately exaggerates

on another (also called Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Munchausen by proxy, or factitious disorder by proxy) is a condition in which a person deliberately

severe physical, verbal and medical abuse. Shauna was diagnosed with Munchausen by proxy and convicted to 12 years in prison for aggravated child abuse, with

idiosyncratic band called Munchausen by Proxy; the lead singer is Allison. He is charmed by her quirkiness; she is delighted by his spontaneity and they

after ongoing medical abuse by her mother, Kelly Renee Turner-Gant, in what was deemed to be a case of Munchausen by proxy. Turner-Gant had initially taken