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, ...

Munchausen by proxy is a mental illness characterized by a caretaker who makes someone sick on purpose. Also known as factitious disorder imposed on another, it's most common in women with young ...

A psychological and case breakdown of Kendra Licari, the so‑called digital “daughter‑stalker.” We explore whether her ...

A Crowley mom accused of faking her baby’s illness and causing him to be hospitalized for nearly 100 days pleaded guilty to injury to a child Thursday in a Tarrant County court. Kaleigh Flanagan, 27, ...