factitious disorder by proxy

factitious disorder by proxy
a form of factitious disorder in which one person intentionally fabricates or induces signs and symptoms of one or more physical (Munchausen syndrome by proxy) or psychological disorders in another person under their care and subjects that person to needless and sometimes dangerous or disfiguring diagnostic procedures or treatment, without any external incentives for the behavior. The dyad is usually that of mother and child.

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