Guest guest Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Hey Annie, do you think stealing the dog's antibiotics and taking them yourself would fit this disorder? Because I certainly caught my nada doing that and she was smug and proud of herself and fought with me when I said she shouldn't. I always found that horrifying. On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:27 AM, anuria67854 wrote: > > > Yes: claiming that your child is ill or even creating illness or injury to > your child in order to get attention and sympathy from doctors is called > " Factitious Disorder by proxy " but is better known by its older name > " Munchausen's By Proxy Syndrome " . > > According to the article I read, the current opinion in the psychological > community is that these behaviors happen when the parent has psychopathic > traits and histrionic traits. Statistically, its the mothers who do this. > The mother craves attention for herself (histrionic) and feels no > compunction about using or even harming her child to get the attention she > craves (psychopathy.) > > " Factitious disorders are conditions in which a person *acts* as if he or > she has an illness by deliberately producing, feigning, or exaggerating > symptoms. Factitious disorder by proxy is a condition in which a person > deliberately produces, feigns, or exaggerates symptoms in a person who is in > their care.... People with this condition may produce symptoms by > contaminating urine samples, taking hallucinogens, injecting themselves with > bacteria to produce infections, and other such similar behaviour. People > with this condition might be motivated to perpetrate factitious disorders > either as a patient or by proxy as a caregiver to gain any variety of > benefits including attention, nurturance, sympathy, and leniency that are > unobtainable any other way. " > > -Annie > > > > > > > > > > > > > The disturbing feature was that these were women (and a few men) who > masqueraded as good parents, the sort who rushed their children to the > emergency room when they had trouble breathing, and stood by them with > fortitude and devotion while the doctors puzzled out what was wrong. They > were conning; they could give the appearance of the concerned mom the minute > a doctor or nurse walked in the room, enjoy the social prestige of a > mysterious disease, the proximity to powerful > > > medical professionals, they liked the attention and the drama—the wail > of the sirens, the adrenalin rush of the emergency room > > > (Brown, n.d.). > > > > > > > -Annie > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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