@article{ref1,
title="Munchausen syndrome/Munchausen syndrome by proxy",
journal="Journal of psychology, The",
year="1997",
author="Murray, J. B.",
volume="131",
number="3",
pages="343-352",
abstract="Munchausen syndrome (MS) is characterized by patients' chronic and relentless pursuit of medical treatment for combinations of symptoms of consciously self-inflicted injury and falsely reported symptomatology. MS patients are adults, as are perpetrators of Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP). MSBP is an unusual form of child abuse in which a parent, usually the mother, brings a child for medical attention with symptoms falsified or directly induced by the mother. Most reports of MSBP have been of a few cases appearing in medical and pediatric literature. Motivation in both disorders is unclear, and diagnosis and treatment present difficult problems that require more research.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3980",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}