... many victims of MSBP become Munchausen patients. Thus, factitious illness may be perpetuated and an intergenerational cycle may develop. In older children, the school absenteeism that results from multiple hospitalizations brings with it loss of education and loss of social interactions with peers their own age. In ... home for elderly persons, or with severely handicapped people, or as a care giver; the common thread is a victim whose is vulnerable, whose verbal skills or emotional state or mental condition prevents them from explaining what the MSBP person is doing to them and whose h...

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