Named after an 18th-century aristocrat famous for his outrageous stories, Munchausen has been so difficult to comprehend because one simply has a hard time believing that a parent could violate and terrorize their child in such a bizarre manner."
"Formally defined as an illness around 1950, MBP is a psychological disorder in which caretakers, usually female and themselves the victims of traumatic abuse, 'make an otherwise healthy child sick' as a way of gaining attention and approval for themselves. What I found out made me cringe, but let me first start with how psychological text books describe the affliction: Right from the first chapter I was hooked because I had never heard of such a disease and having recently developed an interest in mental diseases ( I volunteer in the ER and see a lot of patients with psychological disorders), I was very curious to read more. This candidly written novel is the memoir of a girl whose mom suffered with "Munchausen By Proxy" disease.
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