Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

References

Citations

1. Schreier HA (2000). Factitious disorder by proxy in which the presenting problem is behavioral or psychiatric. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(5): 668–670.

2. American Psychiatric Association (2000). Factitious disorder by proxy. In Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., text rev., pp. 781–783. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

Other Works Consulted

• Forsyth B (2002). Munchausen syndrome by proxy. In M Lewis, ed., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 3rd ed., ch. 102, pp. 1223–1230. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

• Hall DE, et al. (2000). Evaluation of covert video surveillance in the diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome by proxy: Lessons from 41 cases. Pediatrics, 105: 1305–1312.

• Metz, WP (2003). Muchausen syndrome by proxy section of Developmental-behavioral pediatrics. In CD Rudolph, AM Rudolph, eds., Rudolph's Pediatrics, 21st ed., ch. 5, pp. 506–508. New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Wang D, et al. (2005). Factitious disorders. In BJ Sadock et al., eds., Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 8th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1829–1843. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

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