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  • Title: Repeated false allegations of sexual abuse presenting to sheriffs: when is it Munchausen by Proxy?
    Author: Schreier HA.
    Journal: Child Abuse Negl; 1996 Oct; 20(10):985-91. PubMed ID: 8902297.
    Abstract:
    Munchausen by proxy syndrome, wherein a caretaker (most often a mother) simulates or fabricates illness in a child in order to assume the sick role through another has now been described involving a variety of psychiatric problems and false allegations of sexual abuse. Given that a proposed dynamic appears to be a need in a dependent and/or hostile relationship with powerful transferential people from the past, it was expected that professionals (school psychologists, social workers, lawyers) other than doctors would be involved. A case involving law enforcement agents as a primary "target" is described and its significance discussed.
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