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Data Points: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (featuring Andrea Dunlop) by Broken Cycle Media | Wondery

Data Points: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (featuring Andrea Dunlop)

from Something Was Wrong

by Broken Cycle Media | Wondery

Published: Tue Jun 11 2024

Show Notes

*Content warning: child abuse, sexual abuse, pedophilia, medical child abuse, Factitious disorder imposed on another, Munchausen by proxy, psychological, emotional, mental, and physical abuse. 


Thank you Andrea Dunlop for partnering with us for this special educational Data Points episode!


Andrea's website:

https://www.andreadunlop.net/


Andrea's books:

https://www.andreadunlop.net/books


Nobody Should Believe Me podcast:

https://www.nobodyshouldbelieveme.com/


Munchausen Support website:

https://www.munchausensupport.com/


*Sources:


The Power of Labels via The Lancet

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(04)17007-4/fulltext


Epidemiologyand evolution of the diagnostic classification of factitious disorders in DSM-5:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729833/


FirstUses of the Term Munchausen by Proxy:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26372976/


Munchausensyndrome by Proxy rates:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8608388/#:~:text=The%20estimated%20mortality%20rate%20of,by%20proxy%20is%209%20percent.


MBPClinical & Case Management Guidance by APSAC:

https://apsac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Munchausen-by-Proxy-Clinical-and-Case-Management-Guidance-.pdf


Feldman,K.W., Ambartsumyan, L., Goldin, A., Jenny, C., Wiester, R.T., Metz, J.B.

et al. (2022)Gastrointestinal problems and non-Oral feeding in children evaluated for medical child abuse (fabricated and induced illness). Child Abuse Review, e2746.Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2746



*Resources: 


MunchausenSupport

https://www.munchausensupport.com/


Marc Feldman’s website/books

http://www.munchausen.com


American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

https://apsac.org/


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