Factitious disorder, previously referred to as Munchausen syndrome, is a condition in which an individual deceives others by appearing ill, impaired, or injured. This can involve faking, purposely ...

April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, and it got me wondering how aware practitioners are of atypical child abuse. I recently came across the mere second clear incident of it in my 20-year ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is a free woman. The child abuse victim who in 2016 was sentenced for her involvement in her mother's murder was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Chillicothe, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s hard to imagine why someone would pretend to have a terminal illness, but it happens more often than you’d think. From online ...

Blanchard received a 10-year sentence after being convincted along with then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn of murdering her mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, a case that made national headlines and ...