Mnchhausenbyproxy Syndrome Alice Tobi Drews MBPS What is
Münchhausen-by-proxy. Syndrome Alice & Tobi Drews
MBPS
What is MPBS Ø Ø Ø Adults harming their children on purpose by means of drugs, poison or violence 93% woman, 90% own children Mothers seek doctors help to cure their children, often repeatedly
Course of the syndrome Ø Phase 1: Lying about symptoms Ø Phase 2: Manipulation of data Ø Phase 3: Creating real symptoms (drugs, poison, violence)
Why is MPBS often not diagnosed correctly? Ø Ø Ø Mothers appear to be caring about their children Symptoms are generic and unspecific Doctors can hardly imagine the mother harming her own child Mothers are often nurses or in health care jobs Proof can be hard to obtain
Mother‘s Perspective Ø Often abused, harmed in childhood by own parents Ø Personality disorders Ø History of selfharm Ø Mother-Children symbiose
Numbers (Germany) Ø 99 sure cases and 91 with high suspicion over the last 10 years Ø Estimated number of unkown cases is up to 220 Ø 6 -12% of children die
Sources Ø http: //flexikon. doccheck. com/de/M%C 3%BCnchhausen-by -proxy-Syndrom Ø http: //www. spiegel. de/panorama/gesellschaft/muenchhause n-by-proxy-eine-mutter-berichtet-wie-sie-ihre-kinderquaelte-a-1053578. html Ø https: //www. google. de/url? sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd= 4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0 ah. UKEwixs. I 3 d 6 v. DQAh. Uk. JMAKHTTl. Ak w. QFgg 1 MAM&url=http%3 A%2 F%2 Fwww. ptz. de%2 Ffileadmin%2 F media%2 FAktueller_Text-Das_Muenchhausen-by-proxy-Syndrom 13. 05. 2014. pdf&usg=AFQj. CNHGSdj. Ft 5 BVpilo. FKa. TNG 0 QSMzwt. Q &sig 2=Zf. F 3 A 2 JKWryak. EM 0 NBQwq. A
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