Selected for inclusion in Doody's Core Titles in the Health Sciences, 2005 edition (DCT), Munchausen by Proxy: Identification, Intervention, and Case Management is the first book to walk you step-by-step through a suspected MBP maltreatment case from suspicion onward. This skills-based, practical book is generously enhanced with case examples, sample forms, figures, and representative management plans. Munchausen by Proxy (MBP) is a dangerous kind of maltreatment in which a caretaker deliberately and repeatedly exaggerates, fabricates, and/or induces a health problem or problems in someone under his or her care. Authors Lasher and Sheridan--experts in MBP and child protection--have come together to fill the gap in the libraries of anyone who may become involved with a MBP case. This includes child welfare professionals and staff, law enforcement, school personnel, health care practitioners, judges and lawyers, and social workers.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Foreword (Marc D. Feldman)
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- PART I: MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY MALTREATMENT
- Chapter 1. Defining Munchausen by Proxy
- Elements of the Definition
- Terminology Issues
- A Controversy: Does MBP Exist?
- Chapter 2. Perpetrators, Victims, and Others
- Perpetrators
- Victims
- Others
- Chapter 3. Integrity in MBP Practice
- Fairness
- Reporting to Child Protective Agencies
- Confidentiality
- Qualifications to Practice in the Field
- Colleague Relationships
- System Issues
- Public Awareness of MBP
- Building a Solid Knowledge Base for MBP Theory and Practice
- PART II: THE CONFIRMATION/DISCONFIRMATION PROCESS
- Chapter 4. Essential Elements in the Confirmation/Disconfirmation Process
- Description of the Essential Elements
- The Essential Elements for MBP Case Success Applied to a Case Example
- Chapter 5. Suspecting and Reporting
- Suspecting MBP
- Reporting MBP
- Criteria for Confirming/Disconfirming MBP
- Initial Child Protective Agency Response to a Report of MBP Suspicions
- Chapter 6. Gathering Information: The MBP Investigation
- Written Records and Documents
- Interviews
- Other Methods of Information Gathering
- Chapter 7. Information Evaluation, Information Organization, and the Confirmation/Disconfirmation Decision
- Information Evaluation
- Organizing Information
- The MBP Confirmation/Disconfirmation Decision and the Functioning of the MMT
- The Work of the MMT: Initial and Subsequent Meetings
- PART III: CASE PLANNING AND CASE MANAGEMENT IN CONFIRMED MBP
- Chapter 8. Essential Elements in Case Planning and Case Management When MBP Has Been Confirmed
- The Essential Elements Following Confirmation
- Summary of the Formula for MBP Case Success: A Case Example
- Chapter 9. Initial Postconfirmation Victim and Case Protection
- Initial Task 1: Risk Assessment
- Initial Task 2: Protecting the Victim and the Case
- Initial Task 3: Removing the Victim from the Care, Custody, Control, and Influence of the Perpetrator; Placement in an Appropriate Setting
- Initial Task 4: The Postconfirmation/Confrontation Interview
- Appendix: Munchausen by Proxy Risk Assessment Work Sheet
- Chapter 10. MBP Case Planning and Management
- Case Planning in Child Protection and MBP Cases
- Case Planning Goal 1: Ensuring the Safety of the Victim(s) and Sibling(s)
- Case Planning Goal 2: Provision of Appropriate Case Services
- Case Planning Goals 3 and 4: Determining the Permanency Goal, Time Line, and Future Planning
- Appendix: Recommended Case Plan Elements in MBP
- Chapter 11. MBP Maltreatment Legal Activities and Considerations
- Attorney Selection
- The MBP Expert
- Selecting the MBP Expert
- Common MBP Maltreatment Legal Strategies
- Motions
- Educating the Court About MBP Maltreatment
- The Probable Cause Hearing
- A Final Observation on the Importance of the Court Process
- Chapter 12. Therapeutic Considerations with Perpetrators
- Therapy in the MBP Literature
- Diagnosis and Prognosis in MBP
- Conclusion
- Chapter 13. Implications for Intervention with Victims
- Assessing the Victim's Need for Psychosocial Treatment
- Consequences of MBP to Victims
- Therapeutic Approaches Described in the Literature
- MBP and Child Sexual Abuse: An Analogy
- References
- Index
