In this series of posts, I review the work of scientists Libow & Schreier, who wrote extensively in the scientific literature about Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP). They literally wrote the book on it in 1993 and called it “Hurting for Love”. In my last post, I describe my discomfort with the name of the […]
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In my previous posts, I introduce researchers Drs. Judith Libow and Dr. Herbert Schreier, who literally wrote “the book” on MSbP. In earlier posts in the series, I describe their backgrounds, and in other previous posts, I cover their early work. In this post, I will discuss an article and book they co-authored, both of […]
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In my last post, I focus on the first work of Drs. Judith Libow and Herbert Schreier, which materially began the substantive discourse in the scientific literature about Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP). Here, I continue to describe more their early work together. Selection and Diagnostic Bias In my last post, I identified Libow & […]
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In my previous posts in this series, I introduce some pivotal researchers in the field of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) – Dr. Judith Libow and Dr. Herbert Schreier. In my last couple of posts, I describe how Dr. Libow is a psychologist, and Dr. Schreier is a psychiatrist, and I am an epidemiologist, so […]
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In this series of posts about Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) researchers Dr. Judith Libow and Dr. Herbert Schreier, I reflected in previous posts on Dr. Libow’s professional background. In this post, I concentrate more on Dr. Schreier’s professional background. Professional Background of Dr. Herbert Schreier In contrast to Dr. Libow, Dr. Herbert Schreier is […]
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