Munchausen's

People with Munchausen's know they don't; but the risks they take by inducing symptoms, falsifying test results or undergoing invasive procedures justify the emotional support they receive from health care providers and facilities.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

Indeed, the patient and her mother that I described above represented both Munchausen's in the daughter and MSP in the mother.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

As difficult as Munchausen syndrome is to diagnose and treat, Munchausen's syndrome by proxy MSP is even more insidious because the real sufferers are young children, generally under the age of six.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

As difficult as Munchausen syndrome is to diagnose and treat, Munchausen's syndrome by proxy MSP is even more insidious because the real sufferers are young children, generally under the age of six.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

Personality disorders, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders or borderline personality disorder, have also been associated with Munchausen's syndrome.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

And while dishonesty makes Munchausen's syndrome so difficult to diagnose, there are certain signs that health care professionals can look for.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

Munchausen's syndrome is one of group of conditions known as "factitious disorders."

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

Indeed, the patient and her mother that I described above represented both Munchausen's in the daughter and MSP in the mother.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

A condition spawned by the digital age, this permutation of Munchausen's syndrome refers to people who go online to infiltrate support groups in order to fake a condition, emotional trauma, terminal illness or even their own death, in order to receive sympathy from group members, especially in support groups for the terminally ill.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011

Personality disorders, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders or borderline personality disorder, have also been associated with Munchausen's syndrome.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011