Munchausen by Proxy
Subtitle: Identification, Intervention, and Case Management
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780789012180
Subjects: Psychiatry; Social Science; Munchausen syndrome by proxy; Psychology; Sociology; Social Work; Clinical Psychology; Psychopathology - General; General
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.