Overview of Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy (MSbP) • Caretaker fabricates, exaggerates, or induces illness in a child, for which he or she seeks extensive medical testing and/or hospitalizations • Perpetrator obtains psychological reward in the form of the attention she receives from others • Victimization is often lengthy • Perpetrator is usually the biological mother (98%) • Perpetrator presents as model parent • Most victims are preschoolers

Unfit to be a parent