May 26, 2005

background Briefing: Munchausen’s Syndrome By Proxy

Speakers:
Prof Alan Craft, Professor of Child Health, Newcastle University
Dr Danya Glaser, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Great Ormond Street Hospital and President of the
Dr Mary Eminson, Consultant Child And Adolescent Psychiatrist, Royal Bolton Hospital

Now termed Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Department of Health, misdiagnosis of Munchausen\’s Syndrome By Proxy has recently courted controversy. Three experts brief the media on current scientific thinking and to discuss whether it really exists.