Psychiatry · Psychiatry / Factitious disorders
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
also: Factitious disorder imposed on another
Caregiver induces or fabricates illness in a dependent.
- Specialty
- Psychiatry
- Subspecialty
- Psychiatry / Factitious disorders
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: perpetrator rare, victims affected; Female: perpetrators mostly mothers; Children: yes, victims are usually children under 6
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Factitious disorder imposed on another
Etiology & mechanism
Caregiver need for attention through the sick role of the victim.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (4)
In plain terms, someone with Munchausen syndrome by proxy may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
Same gene(s)
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Overlapping symptoms
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Shares symptoms with
None.
Shares genes with
None.
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