Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy: Current Issues in Assessment, Treatment and Research
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- Publisher : Imperial College Press
- Published : 2001
- Category :
Child and Adolescent Studies - Catalogue No : 19721
- ISBN 13 : 9781860941344
- ISBN 10 : 1860941346
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This work reviews the current state of knowledge of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, a type of child abuse which causes wide concern. Two main areas are covered: new directions in research, and treatment of the perpetrator in and outside the family.
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Dr. Gwen Adshead is a leading psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Alongside her continuing work at Broadmoor Hospital as a Consultant Forensic Psychotherapist, where she runs psychotherapuetic groups for offenders, she also works in a medium secure unit in Hampshire. She has published a number of academic books and over one hundred papers. She was honoured with the President's Medal for services to psychiatry in 2013.
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