Munchausen by Proxy
Subtitle: Identification, Intervention, and Case Management
Publisher: Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press; Routledge
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780789012173
Subjects: Psychiatry; Psychopathology - Abnormal; Medical; Psychology; Psychopathology - General; Clinical Psychology; Social Work; General; Munchausen syndrome by proxy
First sentence: Munchausen by proxy (MBP) is a dangerous kind of maltreatment (abuse and/or neglect) in which caretakers, usually parents, deliberately and repeatedly exaggerate, fabricate and/or induce a problem or problems in someone who is under their care.
Description: "Munchausen by Proxy: Identification, Intervention, and Case Management walks you step-by-step through a suspected MBP maltreatment case from suspicion onward. This skills-based, practical book is generously enhanced with case examples, sample forms, figures, and representative management plans."--BOOK JACKET.