Munchausen

As a brand-new presentation of two classical types of factitious disorder known to cause individuals to overtly exaggerate or even feign disease, Munchausen syndrome (MS) and Munchausen by Proxy (MBP), the term “Munchausen by Internet,” or MBI for short, is an idiom that was originally proposed by Feldman (2000) in order to accurately depict the type of people prone to glorifying or even fantasizing about chronic illness or disability online – many of which who are willing to go to extremes to maintain

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, “… is caused by a caregiver who uses various techniques to induce symptoms in a child – giving the child drugs, tampering with medications, contaminating a feeding tube, or even smothering the child, for example” (Comer, 2014, p. 238). I assume that this diagnosis is psychologically brought about. Something inside the brain of the person who is diagnosed with this syndrome seeks a special kind of attention. I would almost view it as an addiction. In ways they are craving

Münchausen syndrome is a psychiatric disorder that is distinguished by the patient causing or faking physical or psychological ailments for the sole purpose of being admitted to the hospital. A psychiatric consult nurse sees about one or two Münchausen cases a month (Interview with John Hauber, RN). Out of the entire United States population, only half to two percent of people have the disorder (medicinenet.com), but the number is probably higher than that because the statistic shown only represents

Munchausen Syndrome, a mental disorder where the patient seeks attention or sympathy through fictitious ailments. Coined by Dr. Richard Asher after a German nobleman named Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Baron von Munchausen of the 1700’s. Baron von Munchausen was a military man who returned from war telling outrageous stories of his travels and adventures he endured during his time away from home. In 1951, Dr. Richard Asher applied the term Munchausen to patients who traveled from hospital to hospital

gone through many painful, unneeded procedures and face irreparable mental and physical damage. Due to the relatively low amount of information available surrounding MSbP, treatment and understanding for the sufferer is genuinely very limited. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, technically called Factitious Disorder by Proxy, is a disorder characterized by a care-giver, usually a mother or nurse, who inflicts physical harm on another to garner attention and sympathy for themselves (Brown et al 1). The

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Sick Kid or Sick Parent?(4) In relating the details of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP), the initial reaction is usually shock, followed quickly by fascination. The reason for the latter is that the medical community has yet to make up their minds about what exactly MSBP is. The debate: psychiatric disorder v. child abuse. Essentially the arguments for both create a divide between the brain and behavior, though not relating the two. Munchausen Syndrome "is

the town known as the barrens. The first two who play down there are Bill,who had recently lost his brother in what seemed to be a spree of children dying young, and Eddie, a child protected from the world by his overweight mother who suffers from Munchausen Syndrome. They, like the others, are rejects from the community. The next boy who came along was Ben Hanscom. He was being chased by the school bully and found the other two boys attempting to build a dam. After the coast was clear the three boys

According to Ronald J. Comer (2014), Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a unique psychological disorder in which two individuals are directly involved. The individual experiencing the symptoms of the disorder is victimized by another individual suffering a distinct psychological disorder. Typically, the relationship between the two individuals are parent and child, and specifically, the child is victimized by the parent. Parents who subject their children to the symptoms have been shown to be psychologically

When somebody's loved one or their own children are sick or have passed away, its normal for them and others to feel distraught. Somebody with Munchausen Syndrome might not feel so distraught at first, it is more of a satisfying feeling for them. An individual with this disorder intentionally gets their children sick or exaggerates the symptoms, possibly even to the point it results in murder. They enjoy and feed off the attention and sympathy they receive from family and friends even hospital personnel

Factitious Disorder: A Study on Munchausen Syndrome Emily Meyer Rasmussen College Author note This paper is being submitted on September 9, 2015 for Professor McKinley’s G148 General Psychology course. Factitious Disorder: A Study on Munchausen Syndrome Imagine a patient walking into the emergency room complaining of severe pain and requesting a number of tests be run. The patient has what seems to be an extensive knowledge of his condition-- so much so, that it even seems a bit suspicious