The treatment for this syndrome involves removing the children, or any victim in this case, from the location of abuse or removing them from the custody of the care taker. This way the child is ensured that they will be protected and no longer suffer the consequences of this syndrome. Because these children have to be removed from the custody of their parents or caretakers, social workers and those that have to do with the foster system are involved to make sure that the children will not be exposed to any abuse in the future and to make sure that they are receiving the adequate care they need. In some cases, the victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy start to think the only way to receive attention or love is by actually getting sick (Goldberg
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A question that people ask, especially the doctors exposed to this every day, is why would a parent choose to harm their children? And a very broad answer to this question would be that these parents receive some type of gratification and feelings of purpose from it. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is considered a mental disorder. Choosing to hurt someone you supposedly “love” for your own personal gain and benefit can clearly reflect that something is terribly wrong. In all of this, people tend to forget about the victims, the innocent children whom do not know any better. Of course Munchausen syndrome by proxy is fairly difficult for doctors to catch and diagnose. This is especially true when the doctor’s main priority is treating the victim first. What a lot of people fail to keep in mind is the traumatic effects that this form of child abuse inflicts on the child itself, especially when it is hard to catch at hospitals. According to an article titled, Effects of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy on the Victim, Kimberly Glazier talks about the vicious cycle of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy and the effect it has on the child when the child becomes a parent themselves. She states that, it is possible that “child victims of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy grow into adults who perpetuate Munchhausen syndrome by proxy or who suffer from Munchausen syndrome or somatization.” (Glazier 2). She also references an article by Rosenberg from 1987 and she states that “incidence rates for the evolution of victims to Munchhausen syndrome by proxy becoming perpetrators of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy are not currently known; however, if Rosenberg’s belief were true, one would expect most Munchhausen syndrome by proxy victims to be female given that the vast majority of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy perpetrators are female.” (3). Not too many statistics are out
A question that people ask, especially the doctors exposed to this every day, is why would a parent choose to harm their children? And a very broad answer to this question would be that these parents receive some type of gratification and feelings of purpose from it. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is considered a mental disorder. Choosing to hurt someone you supposedly “love” for your own personal gain and benefit can clearly reflect that something is terribly wrong. In all of this, people tend to forget about the victims, the innocent children whom do not know any better. Of course Munchausen syndrome by proxy is fairly difficult for doctors to catch and diagnose. This is especially true when the doctor’s main priority is treating the victim first. What a lot of people fail to keep in mind is the traumatic effects that this form of child abuse inflicts on the child itself, especially when it is hard to catch at hospitals. According to an article titled, Effects of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy on the Victim, Kimberly Glazier talks about the vicious cycle of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy and the effect it has on the child when the child becomes a parent themselves. She states that, it is possible that “child victims of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy grow into adults who perpetuate Munchhausen syndrome by proxy or who suffer from Munchausen syndrome or somatization.” (Glazier 2). She also references an article by Rosenberg from 1987 and she states that “incidence rates for the evolution of victims to Munchhausen syndrome by proxy becoming perpetrators of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy are not currently known; however, if Rosenberg’s belief were true, one would expect most Munchhausen syndrome by proxy victims to be female given that the vast majority of Munchhausen syndrome by proxy perpetrators are female.” (3). Not too many statistics are out