Data Points: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (featuring Andrea Dunlop)

Something Was Wrong

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🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

*Content warning: child abuse, sexual abuse, pedophilia, medical child abuse, Factitious disorder imposed on another, Munchausen by proxy, psychological, emotional, mental, and physical abuse.

Thank you Andrea Dunlop for partnering with us for this special educational Data Points episode!

Andrea's website:

https://www.andreadunlop.net/

Andrea's books:

https://www.andreadunlop.net/books

Nobody Should Believe Me podcast:

https://www.nobodyshouldbelieveme.com/

Munchausen Support website:

https://www.munchausensupport.com/

*Sources:

The Power of Labels via The Lancet

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(04)17007-4/fulltext

Epidemiology and evolution of the diagnostic classification of factitious disorders in DSM-5:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729833/

First Uses of the Term Munchausen by Proxy:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26372976/

Munchausen syndrome by Proxy rates:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8608388/#:~:text=The%20estimated%20mortality%20rate%20of,by%20proxy%20is%209%20percent.

MBP Clinical & Case Management Guidance by APSAC:

https://apsac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Munchausen-by-Proxy-Clinical-and-Case-Management-Guidance-.pdf

Feldman, K.W., Ambartsumyan, L., Goldin, A., Jenny, C., Wiester, R.T., Metz, J.B.

et al. (2022) Gastrointestinal problems and non-Oral feeding in children evaluated for medical child abuse (fabricated and induced illness). Child Abuse Review, e2746. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2746

*Resources:

Munchausen Support

https://www.munchausensupport.com/

Marc Feldman’s website/books

http://www.munchausen.com

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children

https://apsac.org/

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can listen to something was wrong early and ad free right now.
0:06.0	Join Wundry Plus in the Wundry App or on Apple Podcast.
0:11.0	Just a warning, this episode contains discussion of child abuse and may be difficult for some listeners.
0:17.0	Hi friends, it's Andrea Dunlop.
0:21.0	I am the creator of Nobody Should Believe Me,
0:23.4	an investigative true crime podcast
0:25.3	about Munch House and By Proxy
0:26.9	and the author of The Mother Next Door,
0:28.9	Medicine, Deception and Munch House and By Proxy,
0:31.4	which comes out February 2025 from St. Martin's Press.
0:35.5	I am also a member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children's
0:39.8	Munchausen By proxy Committee and the founder of Munchausen Support, the nation's only
0:44.9	nonprofit dedicated to helping survivors and families dealing with Munchaus and By proxy, which is
0:50.3	what I'm here to talk to you about today. I am honored to be guest hosting this episode of Broken Cycle Media's new series of educational
0:58.3	episodes data points.
1:00.4	These special episodes will include educational information, statistics, and support on different topics that are important to our community.
1:07.5	Thank you so much for listening.
1:10.5	So first, let's get into some definitions.
1:14.0	Munchausen Syndrome is the name coined by Dr. Richard Asher in the Lancet back in 1951.
1:20.0	This original name pays homage to a German nobleman, Baron von Munchhausen, who was known for telling
1:26.6	tall tales about his exploits, and it's used to describe someone who fabricates, exaggerates,
1:32.2	or induces illness in themselves for the purposes of
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