Munchausen by Proxy: Identification, Intervention, and Case Management

Selected for inclusion in Doody's Core Titles in the Health Sciences, 2005 edition (DCT), Munchausen by Proxy: Identification, Intervention, and Case Management is the first book to walk you step-by-step through a suspected MBP maltreatment case from suspicion onward. This skills-based, practical book is generously enhanced with case examples, sample forms, figures, and representative management plans. Munchausen by Proxy (MBP) is a dangerous kind of maltreatment in which a caretaker deliberately and repeatedly exaggerates, fabricates, and/or induces a health problem or problems in someone under his or her care. Authors Lasher and Sheridan--experts in MBP and child protection--have come together to fill the gap in the libraries of anyone who may become involved with a MBP case. This includes child welfare professionals and staff, law enforcement, school personnel, health care practitioners, judges and lawyers, and social workers.

Louisa J. Lasher, MA, is an internationally recognized Munchausen by proxy (MBP) maltreatment expert and has authored several MBP maltreatment articles. In 1997 she left her position as a state-wide child maltreatment consultant with the State Office of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services to undertake a full-time forensic practice in the area of MBP. She provides MBP case consultation, technical assistance, expert witness services, and educational programs throughout the world Mary S. Sheridan, PhD, ACSW, is Professor and Program Chair for Social Work at Hawaii Pacific University