Andrea Dunlop

And one of the things that they mentioned was that Madison was allegedly seen tampering with her own feeding tube. The lawsuit also mentions that there was some concern from a number of providers, including those at Rady Children's, that Madison was fabricating some of her symptoms. This is framed on behalf of the plaintiffs as false. falsification of evidence.

And one of the things that they mentioned was that Madison was allegedly seen tampering with her own feeding tube. The lawsuit also mentions that there was some concern from a number of providers, including those at Rady Children's, that Madison was fabricating some of her symptoms. This is framed on behalf of the plaintiffs as false. falsification of evidence.

I can't totally follow that thread from the information that I have. But if this is what's been captured, sort of looking at these ideas of seeing her tampering, seeing Madison possibly exaggerating or falsifying some of her symptoms, given the fact that she is 16 and 17 when this whole thing is going on, what do we know about the dynamics between victims of Munchausen by proxy that are that age

I can't totally follow that thread from the information that I have. But if this is what's been captured, sort of looking at these ideas of seeing her tampering, seeing Madison possibly exaggerating or falsifying some of her symptoms, given the fact that she is 16 and 17 when this whole thing is going on, what do we know about the dynamics between victims of Munchausen by proxy that are that age

I can't totally follow that thread from the information that I have. But if this is what's been captured, sort of looking at these ideas of seeing her tampering, seeing Madison possibly exaggerating or falsifying some of her symptoms, given the fact that she is 16 and 17 when this whole thing is going on, what do we know about the dynamics between victims of Munchausen by proxy that are that age

and their parents, because I think there's really a lot to sort of unpack here.

and their parents, because I think there's really a lot to sort of unpack here.

and their parents, because I think there's really a lot to sort of unpack here.

Yeah. And, you know, I think this really brought up, you know, some of these other cases that we've talked about on the show, like the Maya Kowalski case and the Justina Pelletier case, where, you know, when you're talking about munchausen by proxy abuse with very young children, they really are not old enough to be part of the dynamic in an active way.

Yeah. And, you know, I think this really brought up, you know, some of these other cases that we've talked about on the show, like the Maya Kowalski case and the Justina Pelletier case, where, you know, when you're talking about munchausen by proxy abuse with very young children, they really are not old enough to be part of the dynamic in an active way.

Yeah. And, you know, I think this really brought up, you know, some of these other cases that we've talked about on the show, like the Maya Kowalski case and the Justina Pelletier case, where, you know, when you're talking about munchausen by proxy abuse with very young children, they really are not old enough to be part of the dynamic in an active way.

And then it gets a lot more complicated when kids get a little bit older, I think, especially once they get to be 9, 10, and then on into their teenage years. And I want to be really precise about how we talk about this. And I know this is something we've talked about quite a bit on the committee of how to sort of frame this behavior because –

And then it gets a lot more complicated when kids get a little bit older, I think, especially once they get to be 9, 10, and then on into their teenage years. And I want to be really precise about how we talk about this. And I know this is something we've talked about quite a bit on the committee of how to sort of frame this behavior because –

And then it gets a lot more complicated when kids get a little bit older, I think, especially once they get to be 9, 10, and then on into their teenage years. And I want to be really precise about how we talk about this. And I know this is something we've talked about quite a bit on the committee of how to sort of frame this behavior because –

I think it does and has been in this case, you know, labeled as factitious disorder behavior. This is one of the diagnoses that the lawsuit says that HHSA, which is the Child Protective Services in California and Reedy Children's gave her, which was conversion disorder, factitious disorder behavior.

I think it does and has been in this case, you know, labeled as factitious disorder behavior. This is one of the diagnoses that the lawsuit says that HHSA, which is the Child Protective Services in California and Reedy Children's gave her, which was conversion disorder, factitious disorder behavior.

I think it does and has been in this case, you know, labeled as factitious disorder behavior. This is one of the diagnoses that the lawsuit says that HHSA, which is the Child Protective Services in California and Reedy Children's gave her, which was conversion disorder, factitious disorder behavior.

So somatic symptom disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety disorder, and we can kind of unpack those a bit further, but just to sort of call out this factitious disorder, right? So factitious disorder imposed on self, that's when someone fabricates, exaggerates, or induces illness in themselves for the purposes of attention.

So somatic symptom disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety disorder, and we can kind of unpack those a bit further, but just to sort of call out this factitious disorder, right? So factitious disorder imposed on self, that's when someone fabricates, exaggerates, or induces illness in themselves for the purposes of attention.

So somatic symptom disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety disorder, and we can kind of unpack those a bit further, but just to sort of call out this factitious disorder, right? So factitious disorder imposed on self, that's when someone fabricates, exaggerates, or induces illness in themselves for the purposes of attention.