Lawyer defends mom accused of 'fabricating' son's sickness, symptoms

More than 72 hours after Danita Tutt was arrested for allegedly causing serious bodily injuries to her 13-year-old son, her lawyer is fighting back against the notion his client is anything but a concerned and caring mother.

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'She didn't abuse me': Woman taken from her family aged nine and her mother jailed in high-profile Munchausen-by-proxy case speaks out for the first time, 19 years on

'She didn't abuse me': Woman taken from her family aged nine and her mother jailed in high-profile Munchausen-by-proxy case speaks out for the first time, 19 years on

Exactly 19 years ago on Wednesday, Kathy Bush made national headlines when she was arrested and accused of deliberately making her 9-year-old daughter ill for attention.

Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction

Munchausen's Syndrome: Stranger (and More Dangerous) Than Fiction

Note: Actually it's a bullshit disorder. I post only so that you will know what's being said.

Many moons ago, when I was an intern in Boston, I was assigned to do a history and physical on a teenager. She had been hospitalized multiple times for recurrent kidney infections that had spread to her blood stream and nobody could figure out why, so the kidneys were removed as they were chronically infected, and now she was dialysis dependent. She also continued to have mysterious outbreaks of bacteria in her bloodstream. The puzzle had been solved by an astute physician, who found a syringe filled with cloudy fluid that contained the bacteria that she had been infected with in her room. It turned out that the patient's mother, with the patient's knowledge, had been injecting her with the bacteria. This was my introduction to Munchausen's syndrome.

False accusations of Munchausen by Proxy, The Truth Behind the Label: Part 1 – Diagnosing Munchausen by Proxy

False accusations of Munchausen by Proxy, The Truth Behind the Label: Part 1 – Diagnosing Munchausen by Proxy

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy or MSBP is a diagnosis given to a mother or care giver to describe aspects of their behaviour. This behaviour usually includes subjecting what appears to be a previously healthy child to unnecessary and often painful tests or medical interventions i.e.: scans, x-rays and even surgical procedures to gain attention from the medical profession.

False accusations of Munchausen by Proxy, The Truth Behind the Label: Part 1 – Diagnosing Munchausen by Proxy

False accusations of Munchausen by Proxy, The Truth Behind the Label: Part 1 – Diagnosing Munchausen by Proxy

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy or MSBP is a diagnosis given to a mother or care giver to describe aspects of their behaviour. This behaviour usually includes subjecting what appears to be a previously healthy child to unnecessary and often painful tests or medical interventions i.e.: scans, x-rays and even surgical procedures to gain attention from the medical profession.

CPS Does About Face, Accuses Parents Of Abuse

CPS Does About Face, Accuses Parents Of Abuse

Landon Weber, 4, is one of two little boys that FOX 26 Investigates presented that have spent alot of time in hospitals. The mothers of both little boys were under investigation by Childrens Protective Services for medical child abuse.

CPS Makes Shocking Allegations at 2 Moms

Child Protective Services doing what they do best, ripping precious children from those who love them most, all for money and other perverse motivations.

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CPS Makes Shocking Allegations at 2 Moms

CPS Makes Shocking Allegations at 2 Moms

Four-year-old Landon Weber and 5-year-old Byson Burt don't know each other but have a lot in common. Both little boys have spent a lot of time in hospitals.

Name & Shame

I have decided to name & shame professionals.

Who invented MSBP.wmv

Munchausens Syndrome By Proxy is used by social workers in the secret family courts every day in the UK to take children away from their parents and put them up for forced adoption. But what is the origin of this syndrome?

Arizona Child Protective Services Never Would Have Taken Carol Dunlavy's Child Away If It'd Simply Done Its Job Correctly

Arizona Child Protective Services Never Would Have Taken Carol Dunlavy's Child Away If It'd Simply Done Its Job Correctly

Two years ago, Arizona Child Protective Services took Carol Dunlavy's 2-year-old daughter. It was alleged that Dunlavy was purposely making the child sick because Dunlavy suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy.

Mum won't see son for 18 years

Mum won't see son for 18 years

THE happy baby in the photo has dimpled cheeks, glowing skin and scrumptious fat thighs that scream good health.

This is the child whose mother has been accused of a now-discredited disorder and labelled as a dangerous person intent on harming her own children to gain attention.

Detailed Information on Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome

Note: Here's an article I found in an article directory. This is one of the UK's favorite excuses to use against new moms in the forced adoption scandal over there. This diagnosis, BTW, is highly disputed.

By: Juliet Cohen

Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) is a form of child abuse in which a parent induces real or apparent symptoms of a disease in a child. The caregiver almost always is a mother, and the victim, her child. Because children are the victims, MSBP is considered a form of child abuse. There are different intensities and manifestations of this disorder. Symptoms of MSBP are hard to identify but are most prevalent when the child only becomes sick in the presence of his or her mother. The mother maintains a dynamic relationship with the physician, as the whole disorder is centered upon her need for attention from the doctor.

It is most widely agreed that MBPS is caused by a need for attention and compassion to placate self-doubt in the sufferer. This condition is related to Munchausen syndrome, a similar disorder in which a person causes or reports symptoms in him or herself. Children who are victims of MSBP may later develop Munchausen syndrome as adults. Most symptoms are physical complaints, whereas feigning of mental symptoms occurs to a lesser extent. Physical presentations include vomiting, diarrhea, respiratory arrest, asthma, seizure, recurrent conjunctivitis, clumsiness, syncope, fever, infection, bleeding, failure to thrive, or electrolytic disturbance.

People with MSP believe the role of a sick person indirectly by producing or laying about illness in other person under their care, generally a child under 6 years of age. In general, MSP occurs more often in women than in men. Approximately 98% of persons with Munchausen syndrome by proxy are women. The causes of MSP are both biological and psychological factors play a role in the development of this disorder. A history of abuse or neglect as a child or the early loss of a parent might be factors in its development. Some evidence suggests that major stress, such as marital problems, can trigger an MSP episode.

Successful treatment of people with MSBP is difficult because those with the disorder frequently deny there is a problem. Treatment of MSBP involves treating the child (victim), the patient, and the family. Individual therapy is aimed at decreasing anxiety, stressors, and other problems that perpetuate the illness. Psychotherapy generally focuses on changing the thinking and behavior of the individual with the disorder (cognitive-behavioral therapy). The goal of therapy for MSP is to help the person identify the thoughts and feelings that are contributing to the behavior, and to learn to form relationships that are not associated with being ill.

Juliet Cohen writes articles for http://www.healthatoz.info/, http://www.health-disease.org/ . She also writes articles for http://www.makeup-care.info/ .

'Social workers ripped our family apart for 10 years'

'Social workers ripped our family apart for 10 years'

A GIRL who was taken into care because her mother was accused of child abuse has been reunited with her family after a ten-year ordeal.

The 16-year-old, snatched by social services at the age of six with her younger sister, returned home insisting her mother is innocent and the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

Bungling social services allowed Munchausen's mother to abuse her own children for years

Bungling social services allowed Munchausen's mother to abuse her own children for years

Bungling social workers seized two children from a mentally- ill mother but abandoned three others to be abused by her, it has emerged.

One's a tragedy... Three is Murder

One's a tragedy... Three is Murder

Imagine being accused of killing two of your own children and of attempting to murder your only surviving child.

You protest your innocence. There is no hard evidence you did anything. But the experts say the more you deny your crime the more you fit the profile.

Note: This is sad.

Redlands mother stung by untrue suspicions presses for accountability in child abuse inquiries

Redlands mother stung by untrue suspicions presses for accountability in child abuse inquiries

"There were a few nights, sitting on my bunk bed, when I thought I would never see my parents again," he recalled of his time in foster care. "It was really awful, terrifying."

Allegations that Samuel's mother, Leslie Udvardi, suffers from Munchausen syndrome by proxy -- a mental disorder in which a parent lies about a child's illness, or inflicts injuries, to get attention from doctors -- were dropped at the start of a San Bernardino County Juvenile Court trial. And the judge, who criticized the county's expert witness, dismissed a petition by the county to have the four children permanently removed from their parents' custody.

Now Leslie Udvardi and her husband, Kirk, seek to change state and federal laws that they say grant immunity from civil suits to social workers and other officials who investigate allegations of child abuse.

CPS to take child away at birth

CPS to take child away at birth because one doctor who has never met her has an opinion...

Judge won't make ACS return girl to woman accused of suffering mental woe

Judge won't make ACS return girl to woman accused of suffering mental woe

A judge rejected a desperate bid last week by a Queens mom to get back from city custody the 6-year-old daughter she lost after being accused of suffering from a rare mental disorder.

Amber was taken from her family because a doctor feared Vanessa James suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy - a rare disorder in which a person believes a child is sick, or actually makes the child sick, to get attention.

Too-caring mother loses girl to ACS

Too-caring mother loses girl to ACS

Queens mom Vanessa James has learned the hard way that you can indeed be too concerned about your child's health.