A nourishing person, devoted to health & safety of her children. This is the role of a parent, but when Munchausen's by Proxy invades into a mother mind and turns her devoted attention to an ill-seeking one, the children suffers both emotional and physically.Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSP) is a complex type of emotional abuse that may overlap with other forms of child abuse. The syndrome was first identified in pediatric settings where some mothers were discovered to be creating the appearance that their children were ill (Money & Werlwas, 1976; Meadow) 1977)."1 This mental Disorder is growing in our western civilized world and is effecting the family and the society severly. In this syndrome there aren't any pro's, all are cons since it a xtreme form of child abuse. Mbps have a big effects on the family the child and the society.
Effect on Family:.
In Mbps Mother have a hard time doing , all the fabrication since , there are not alone , they have familily which makes it very hard for them to be successful. Since they have to be experts at exaggerating - "embellishing a genuine problem Fabricating - deliberately makes up a problem story , or makes it look as if an problem exists , and last of all Induce which means causes a problem to exists. As you can see it is very difficult for a mother to hide , usually if a family member suspect , the mother is deliberately abusing the children , it could have enourmace effect on the family , it could have the parent divorce and lead to cheos , and many other domestic problems and conflict will arise and the family will slowly dissipear. It was originally thought that only very young children could be victims of Munchausen syndrome by proxy because after the age of 5 or 6 a child would be old enough to reveal what was going on. As more cases were discovered, however, it became apparent that even young children will go along with the mother's deception by being aware of what she is doing but not volunteering that information to anyone.
