April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, and it got me wondering how aware practitioners are of atypical child abuse. I recently came across the mere second clear incident of it in my 20-year ...

Factitious disorder, previously referred to as Munchausen syndrome, is a condition in which an individual deceives others by appearing ill, impaired, or injured. This can involve faking, purposely ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is a free woman. The child abuse victim who in 2016 was sentenced for her involvement in her mother's murder was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Chillicothe, ...

According to USA Today, among other sources, experts believe Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, had Munchausen by proxy. The mental disorder, also known as factitious disorder, involves ...

A psychological and case breakdown of Kendra Licari, the so‑called digital “daughter‑stalker.” We explore whether her behavior reflects a new variant of factitious disorder, what experts say, and how ...