Munchaussen syndrome by proxy
Ray Meadow: my experience of mothers who have abused their children in this way is that the graeat majority
do not set out with the purpose of causing their children suffering and harm. In a very strange way, they are able
to shut out their minds to the suffering their child is incurring. It is as if the benefit they get personally from their
actions completely outwighs and is separate from what the rest of us observe, which is terrible harm and
suffering for the child.
Muchausen disorder, named after and infamous Baron von Munchausen (1720-90), a retired mercenary who
entertained his weekend estate guests with fabulous tales. But ,,by proxy" indicates that individuals are harming
or claiming fabricated illness in another, usually a child.
There are four key elements of MSBP commonly referred to in the child-abuse-centered literature; notably these
focus on the impact of the conduct on the child. First, the child's illness is simulated or produced by a parent,
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