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 ...

She was arrested on Dec. 31. The county’s sheriff’s office described the investigation as a Munchausen by proxy case, a form of medical child abuse. The sheriff’s office says they are ...

The sheriff's office didn't release any additional details. Munchausen by proxy, or Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another, is a mental health condition where a caregiver fabricates or induces ...

Perhaps the most well-known factitious disorder, Munchausen syndrome manifests as someone pretending to be ill or deliberately producing symptoms of illness. When a clinician obtains advanced ...