Munchausen by Proxy: Identification, Intervention, and Case Management

ISBN-13: 9780789012180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 374 str.

Louisa J. Lasher; Mary S. Sheridan

Opis

Munchausen By Proxy is the first book to offer a step-by-step guide through a suspected Munchausen By Proxy (MBP) maltreatment case from initial grounds for suspicion onwards. This skills-based, practical book is generously enhanced with case examples, sample forms, diagnostic guidance, figures and representative management plans. MBP is a dangerous kind of maltreatment in which a carer or another authority figure deliberately and repreatedly exaggerates, fabricates and/or induces a health problem or problems in someone under his or her care. Authors Lasher and Sheridan, experts in MBP and social work, have come together to provide this unique and invaluable resource for anyone who may become involved with a MBP case. This includes child welfare professionals and staff, law enforcement, primary and secondary school personnel, health care practitioners, judges and lawyers, and social workers.

Spis treści

• 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
  

O autorze

Mary S Sheridan, Louisa Lasher