Hey, deserving listeners. Today we're going to talk about Munchausen by Proxy or Factitious

Disorder imposed by another. Listeners, Janette, Salem, and Ann all have asked me to talk

about this in recent times. And so here we go. This is the Psychology and Seattle podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. I am a therapist and a professor. The reason why I'm talking

about this now is not only because listeners, Janette, Salem, and Ann have asked me to talk

about it, but a new documentary by HBO called Mommy Dead and Dearest came out, I think

recently. And I just watched it. And man, this is an amazing documentary. Highly recommended.

I wouldn't be surprised if this won the Oscar come, you know, February or whenever the

Oscars are next year. It's well made. It's compelling stuff. It illuminates something

that happens sometimes and we need to know more about it. Also kind of points to our medical

system in terms of some flaws there. So not only am I going to talk about Munchausen

by proxy or a fictitious disorder imposed by another, but I'm also going to be talking

in detail about this documentary. I recommend that before you listen to this episode, you

go out and watch this on HBO. If you have HBO, you can watch it on demand. Mommy Dead

and Dearest, excellent documentary. All right. So let's talk about Munchausen by proxy.

The name has changed over the years and in other countries it's referred to by something

else. You know, multiple personality disorder. People still call it multiple personality disorder

but it is formally known as dissociative identity disorder. Also, manic depression. People

still refer to manic depression, but it's a technical name is bipolar and it's similar

to Munchausen by proxy. A lot of people still refer to it as Munchausen by proxy, but it's

technical name is fictitious disorder imposed by another. It has two different kinds. You

have fictitious disorder imposed by another or fictitious disorder imposed on the self.

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