1. Munchausen
... subject, both names are used. The name of the pediatrician in England was Roy S. Meadow of Saint James's University Hospital in Leeds, England (Sapolsky, 1999). The case that brought the naming of this Munchausen 4 phenomenon was that of a six-year-old girl that was admitted to the hospital with severe bacteria in her urine. The doctors treated her with ... tranquilizers, antidepressants, antihistamines, and laundry bleach (Sapolsky, 1999). Detection Diagnosing these mothers with Munchausen syndrome by proxy can be difficult but most important is the ability for the medical team to put as...
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