Munchausen by proxy is a rare mental disorder and can become a serious form of child abuse. Recently, the condition has gotten increased attention due to its connection to a major news story. Gypsy ...
Whether fictional or fact-based, Munchausen syndrome by proxy grips the public. Media depictions in The Sixth Sense and Sharp Objects and real-life news coverage of Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s December ...
Andrea Dunlop’s reasons for creating a podcast on Munchausen syndrome by proxy are both educational and personal. Dunlop, who lives in Seattle, wanted to “get into the humanity” of perpetrators of ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An elected official in Lehigh County is calling for action after he says he discovered an unusually high number of rare medical diagnoses. He says they led to multiple parents ...
VENICE, Fla. — The fourth week of the "Take Care of Maya" trial began Monday at a Sarasota County courthouse with another set of doctors testifying for the defense. The case involves a Venice family's ...
A woman who allegedly subjected her 8-year-old son to unnecessary medical procedures as severe as an appendectomy and a colonoscopy for fabricated ailments has been charged, police in Pennsylvania ...
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is opening up about her abusive childhood since her recent release from prison, after serving a seven-year sentence for the murder of her mother, Clauddine Blanchard. The recently ...
Gypsy Rose Blanchard was granted parole in September after serving eight years for her role in the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard Janine Rubenstein is Editor-at-Large at PEOPLE and host of ...
There are plenty of true crime documentaries for fans to choose from, but one case that has kept people obsessed is that of ...
Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
Here’s a chance for you to play armchair psychologist. What do you think is wrong with this mother? She is the primary caretaker of her child, whom she says has a myriad of confusing and alarming ...