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Hurting For Love

Munchausen Proxy Syndrome
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This book offers a comprehensive, detailed examination of MBPS. Written by leading authorities, it covers all known clinical, medical, psychological, social and legal aspects of the disorder, including detection, dynamics, treatment, and clinical management. Based on their own experiences evaluating and treating these patients, the authors present an innovative theory of the disorder as a form of imposturing. Detailed psychological test data on a group of MBPS mothers are presented for the first time to enhance our understanding of the cognitive and psychological makeup of parents who fabricate illness in their children. The text also contains a thoughtful discussion of the larger social context of women in our society and in our medical institutions--a discussion crucial to our understanding of why MBPS is predominantly a disorder of women.
Foreword by Roy Meadow, M.D. Preface. Part 1: Description of the Problem. Defining the Syndrome. The Challenge of Discovery and the Reluctance to Act. The Extent of the Problem. The Risk of Misdiagnosis. Part 2: Understanding the Dynamics of MBPS. The Perversion of Mothering: The Danger of Being Ignored. Why Women? Why Medicine?. "So Help Me Doctor ...": The Physician and the Imposter. Surrender in the Family: Dynamic Issues Involving Older Children. Part 3: Managing the Problem. Psychotherapeutic Work With MBPS Parents. Psychological Testing of MBPS Patients. Legal Issues and MBPS. Management of MBPS. Epilogue. Appendices. Bibliography.
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