Word: munchausen
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...some accounts, outside it. The FBI was steamed that Jewell's name had been leaked, perhaps by local officials. That may have stymied the bureau's interview strategy designed to trip up bomb suspects who are small-time law enforcers and may have a "modified Munchausen complex"--a need to spark a potential tragedy from which they can emerge as heroes. The publicity may have prevented this line of questioning of Jewell. FBI Director Lewis J. Freeh, says an agent, is "beyond angry on this...
What could lead a parent to such shocking behavior? Authorities believe Kathleen Bush suffers from a variant of Munchausen syndrome, a mental disorder that impels people to feign or induce illness in a twisted bid for attention. In Munchausen by proxy, parents may injure their children--smothering them with pillows, injecting them with poisons, mixing blood in their urine--in order to draw praise for their dedicated nursing of their offspring...
...child under protective custody. Nurses at Coral Springs Medical Center began noticing as early as 1991--when Jennifer was just four--that her condition seemed to worsen whenever her mother visited. A formal complaint was filed, and the hospital had her records reviewed by Dr. Eli Newberger, a Munchausen expert at Boston's Children's Hospital. His conclusion: this was a clear case of Munchausen...
...computer imaging, the whole setting has an eerie pre-fabricated feel that is akin to today's high-tech electronic games. The influence of Terry Gilliam is apparent, since the style of visuals is reminiscent of the optical wackiness in Brazil, Time Bandits, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen...
...genre's more gothic cases include that of an Atlanta woman who smothered four of her children, one each time her husband threatened to leave her. Her behavior has been ascribed to Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, in which mothers secretly make their children sick to win attention. Originally the authorities had concluded that the deaths were caused by SIDS...