Munchausen by Proxy: Mental Illness or Child Abuse? - TheFix.com

TheFix.comMunchausen by Proxy: Mental Illness or Child Abuse?TheFix.comIn the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), Munchausen syndrome by proxy is listed as a type of factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA). FDIA is described as a psychiatric disorder in ...