A therapist warned the state’s child welfare and protection agency that a Clearwater mother might be suffering from ...

The term “Munchausen syndrome” was coined in 1951 by Richard Asher, who named it after Hieronymus Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen (also known as Baron von Munchausen), an eighteenth-century ...

There are no clear data on how prevalent this condition is.

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 ...

TORONTO — Be suspicious if a child with a severe dermatologic condition is unresponsive to treatment, especially if their parent or caregiver exhibits deceptive behavior. These could be red flags for ...

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 ...

Andrea Lucia joined CBS 11 and TXA 21 in September 2010, one day before a tornado swept through the area. She's been covering major stories across North Texas ever since. When Detective Mike Weber ...

The Texas Legislature has countless things on its plate, but one issue that arises occasionally in the headlines and in popular culture deserves attention in this session after years of foot-dragging.

Early 2009 was a difficult time for the Fort Worth, Texas-based Ybarra family. Hope Ybarra, a mother of three, had been fighting a rare form of bone cancer for eight years. Now, the cancer had ...