How to Use Munchausen syndrome in a Sentence

Munchausen syndrome

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• In court, it was argued that Gypsy was a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• In court, it was argued that Gypsy was a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
• In court, it was argued Gypsy was a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
• Lee Yo-mi plays Kim Se-rin, a college student with Munchausen syndrome who travels back in time to make up with her boyfriend.
  — Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire, 5 Oct. 2021
• Due to her requests, Beata was accused of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• From the start, Munchausen syndrome had a social component as well as a medical one.
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2021
• Studies show Munchausen syndrome by proxy is very rare, especially when compared with other types of child abuse.
  — Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2023
• Prior to being limited to a prison cell, Blanchard spent a good chunk of her life wheelchair-bound as a victim of what experts have labeled Dee Dee’s Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
  — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
• Maya's mom, Beata, 43, had been accused of child abuse due to Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a mental disorder in which a caregiver fakes or causes symptoms to make a child look sick.
  — Abby Roedel, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
• When Maya was taken to the hospital, the lawsuit said, doctors suspected the parents of child abuse and that the mother, Beata, was suffering from Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• It was argued in court and is widely believed that Gypsy-Rose was a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare form of abuse in which a guardian exaggerates or induces illness in a child for sympathy and attention.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
• There are a few symptoms that indicate that a person may be experiencing Munchausen syndrome.
  — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• In court, it was argued Gypsy was a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a form of child abuse that involves a parent or guardian exaggerating or inducing illness to gain sympathy.
  — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
• It was believed by many to be a case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy — a form of child abuse in which a caregiver might induce illness to draw public sympathy, care, concern and material gifts — and the saga captured the collective interest.
  — Maya Salam, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Blanchard has alleged that her mother had Munchausen syndrome by proxy, in which a caretaker fabricates medical conditions to gain sympathy.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
• Dee Dee had put Gypsy Rose through years of unnecessary surgeries and medications, as well as physical and psychological abuse, in what experts after the fact determined was an extreme case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• Authorities say 27-year-old Jessica Gasser is believed to have had multiple unnecessary medical procedures performed on her 3-year-old child, a form of abuse also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
  — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 17 July 2023
• Her mother Dee Dee Blanchard lived with Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a psychological disorder in which parents or caregivers seek sympathy through the exaggerated or made-up illnesses of their children.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• Dee Dee Blanchard seems to have had a psychological disorder called Munchausen syndrome by proxy, in which a parent or other caregiver seeks attention from medical professionals by causing or fabricating signs or symptoms of illness in a child.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2024
• It was eventually revealed that the elder Blanchard had abused her daughter via Munchausen syndrome by proxy, which sees a caretaker inducing or embellishing elements of their dependent's ailments to garner sympathy or financial gain.
  — EW.com, 4 June 2024
• Or casually mention someone is afflicted by Munchausen syndrome—faking sickness.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 13 June 2021
• Numerous experts who have studied the case believe Blanchard had Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a mental disorder in which a parent or other caretaker exaggerates, fabricates or induces illness in another person for attention and sympathy.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
• Gypsy Rose Blanchard was a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, People previously reported.
  — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024