About MBPS. In MBPS, an individual — usually a parent or caregiver— causes or fabricates symptoms in a child. The adult deliberately misleads others (particularly medical professionals), and may go as far as to actually cause symptoms in the child through poisoning, medication, or even suffocation.
http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/munchausen.html
Definition. 1  Munchausen syndrome is a mental illness in which a person exaggerates or makes up an illness or injury. Munchausen syndrome belongs to a group of mental illnesses called “factitious disorders,” in which patients compulsively simulate a physical or mental illness. 2  A related condition is known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
http://www.lifescript.com/health/a-z/conditions_a-z/conditions/m/munchausen_syndrome.aspx
Munchausen syndrome. For cases of feigned illness not driven by a psychiatric disorder, see Malingering. Munchausen syndrome is a psychiatric factitious disorder wherein those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchausen_syndrome
Munchausen syndrome is a rare type of mental disorder in which a person fakes illness. The person may lie about symptoms or else produce symptoms using trickery or self-harm. A person with Munchausen syndrome can be very convincing, which results in doctors providing unnecessary treatment including surgery.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/munchausen-syndrome
Munchausen syndrome is a mental disorder in which the patient fakes illness to gain attention and sympathy. Recovery is slow or non-existent. Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MBP) is the old term for a form of abuse where the person either fakes or produces symptoms in someone else, usually their child.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/munchausen-syndrome
Summary. 1  Munchausen syndrome is a mental disorder in which the patient fakes illness to gain attention and sympathy. 2  Recovery is slow or non-existent. 3  Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MBP) is the old term for a form of abuse where the person either fakes or produces symptoms in someone else, usually their child.
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/munchausen-syndrome
Munchausen by proxy syndrome (MBPS) is a relatively rare form of child abuse that involves the exaggeration or fabrication of illnesses or symptoms by a primary caretaker.
http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/munchausen.html
Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP or MbP) is a term often used when a caregiver or spouse fabricates, exaggerates, or induces mental or physical health problems in those who are in their care, with the primary motive of gaining attention or sympathy from others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchausen_syndrome_by_proxy
Munchausen syndrome is a mental illness in which a person exaggerates or makes up an illness or injury. Munchausen syndrome belongs to a group of mental illnesses called “factitious disorders,” in which patients compulsively simulate a physical or mental illness. This condition can be treated.
http://www.lifescript.com/health/a-z/conditions_a-z/conditions/m/munchausen_syndrome.aspx
Its name is derived from the term Munchausen syndrome, a psychiatric factitious disorder wherein those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchausen_syndrome_by_proxy
munchausen syndrome is
Munchausen syndrome is a mental disorder in which the patient fakes illness to gain attention and sympathy.