One thing that I've seen now in looking at so many cases and having gotten to talk to a lot of survivors is just the way that this really messes with someone's identity.

To be told that they're sick, that they're different, that they'll never be like other children to be separated and isolated from other

children.

So unfortunately not all forms of abuse are against the law.

Probably most cases involve, at least a bunch by proxy involved the mothers, providing false reports

or exaggerating some mild authentic symptoms the child has.

The cases that get reported in the media and in the medical literature tend to be the most

extreme ones and those are the ones in which there's active induction of illness.

The media have done a great job in making the public aware of Munch House and by

proxy but not the subtle forms.

That was Andrea Dunlop and Mark Feldman on Psychologists off the clock. We are three clinical psychologists here to bring you cutting edge and science-based ideas from psychology to help you flourish in your relationships, work, and health.

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