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Top > Mental Health & Medical > Munchausens / Factitious Illness

Link Icon DoH Guidelines on Factitious Illness
Link Icon eMedicine Article on Facititious Disorder

Useful introduction to the topic, giving a medical and statistical overview and a bibliography. Written by Todd S Elwyn, Staff Physician in the Psychiatry Department of the University of Hawaii.

Link Icon Eric G Mart - Munchausen Expert

Website of US Forensic Psychologist with expertise in Munchausens - recent writings of his emphasise the need to avoid false diagnoses. See also the article at http://www.msbp.com/ericmart.htm - Problems with the Diagnosis of Factitious Disorder by Proxy in Forensic Settings.

Link Icon Factitious Disorder Links

Links to 837 sites on factitious disorders.

Link Icon M.A.M.A (Mothers Against Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy Allegations

Website of US group campaigning on behalf of falsely accused parents. Useful links to news items and articles putting the arguments against the existence of the syndrome and case histories of parents.

Link Icon Munchausen & Factitious Disorder Page

Site run by US Psychiatrist Marc Feldman with lots of useful background.

Link Icon Munchausen By Proxy

Website of US expert Louisa Lasher with a useful introduction to the definition of MBP, its diagnosis and implications.

Link Icon RCPCH Guidelines on Factitious Illness

Page from which you can download the RCPCH Guidelines on the fabricated illness as a pdf file.

Link Icon Ryder J judgment on Munchausen's

Judgment in the case of A County Council etc [2005] EWHC 31 in which he concluded that the terms MSBP & Facititious or Induced Illness (FII) are merely child protection labels and do not involve a paediatric, psychiatric or psychological disease. The term MSBP should be consigned to the history books & the term FII used with caution.