Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy - References

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Citations

  1. Schreier HA (2000). Factitious disorder by proxy in which the presenting problem is behavioral or psychiatric. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(5): 668–670.

  2. American Psychiatric Association (2000). Factitious disorder by proxy. In Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed., text rev., pp. 781–783. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

Other Works Consulted

  • Forsyth B (2002). Munchausen syndrome by proxy. In M Lewis, ed., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 3rd ed., ch. 102, pp. 1223–1230. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  • Hall DE, et al. (2000). Evaluation of covert video surveillance in the diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome by proxy: Lessons from 41 cases. Pediatrics, 105: 1305–1312.

  • Metz, WP (2003). Muchausen syndrome by proxy section of Developmental-behavioral pediatrics. In CD Rudolph, AM Rudolph, eds., Rudolph's Pediatrics, 21st ed., ch. 5, pp. 506–508. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  • Wang D, et al. (2005). Factitious disorders. In BJ Sadock et al., eds., Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 8th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1829–1843. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

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