Munchausen by Proxy: Identification, Intervention, and Case Management

ISBN-13: 9780789012173 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 374 str.

Louisa J. Lasher; Mary S. Sheridan

Opis

Lasher and Sheridan provide child welfare professionals and staff, law enforcement, school personnel, health care practitioners, judges and lawyers, and social workers with an up-to-date overview of Munchausen by proxy (MBP). Coverage includes the definition of MBP; the role of the perpetrator, victim, and others; ethical issues affecting professio

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• 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
  

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Mary S Sheridan, Louisa Lasher