Sufferers of this serious psychological disorder self-harm, pretend to hear voices and actively try to become unwell in order to gain attention. This can be aimed towards themselves or others (the latter being known as Munchausen by proxy). There have been highly publicised cases, like that ...
that it is much easier to exaggerate existing symptoms than to feign new symptoms (Rogers, 1997), one could therefore understand how simple it might be for an adult to consciously or unconsciously over-endorse symptoms on a self-report checklist in order to obtain some type of secondary gain....
The agency's report indicated it was likely a case ofMunchausen Syndrome by proxy, where a caregiver fakes or creates a child's symptoms to receive attention, sympathy or other benefits. A CPS investigation also found Bowen-Wright cut her son's hair and posted a picture of him in a Make...
The agency's report indicated it was likely a case ofMunchausen Syndrome by proxy, where a caregiver fakes or creates a child's symptoms to receive attention, sympathy or other benefits. A CPS investigation also found Bowen-Wright cut her son's hair and posted a picture ...