Corinne Vien

Groups for non-offending family, groups for people who have fictitious disorder imposed on self, meaning they're doing it to themselves, support for teens who've gotten out of unsafe homes and are looking for that community and understanding, and so on.

Groups for non-offending family, groups for people who have fictitious disorder imposed on self, meaning they're doing it to themselves, support for teens who've gotten out of unsafe homes and are looking for that community and understanding, and so on.

Well, I cannot believe that Jordan, after having been a victim of Munchausen by proxy themselves, could have the strength to revisit this daily and to extend their support to other victims. It's very heavy.

Well, I cannot believe that Jordan, after having been a victim of Munchausen by proxy themselves, could have the strength to revisit this daily and to extend their support to other victims. It's very heavy.

So how do professionals begin to identify this? What are the red flags that suggest someone may be a victim of this form of abuse?

So how do professionals begin to identify this? What are the red flags that suggest someone may be a victim of this form of abuse?

Jake had first learned of this from the movie The Sixth Sense. I've heard a lot about it from true crime documentaries, and so I was curious. Due to the way that this syndrome has been portrayed in media and television and film, how has this affected their work?

Jake had first learned of this from the movie The Sixth Sense. I've heard a lot about it from true crime documentaries, and so I was curious. Due to the way that this syndrome has been portrayed in media and television and film, how has this affected their work?

And yet, while the media sensationalizes the abuse, the reality is far more terrifying. Not just because it's real, but because it's deadly. The statistics paint a chilling picture.

And yet, while the media sensationalizes the abuse, the reality is far more terrifying. Not just because it's real, but because it's deadly. The statistics paint a chilling picture.

A lethal form of abuse, yet notoriously difficult to diagnose because the perpetrator often appears loving and attentive and deeply concerned, when in reality, they are the source of the victim's suffering. It's a manipulation of trust, and like Jordan said, for the 6-9% of victims, it's proved fatal.

A lethal form of abuse, yet notoriously difficult to diagnose because the perpetrator often appears loving and attentive and deeply concerned, when in reality, they are the source of the victim's suffering. It's a manipulation of trust, and like Jordan said, for the 6-9% of victims, it's proved fatal.

Where is everyone? How does something this devastating happen over and over again and still go unnoticed by family, friends, even medical professionals? How does it slip through the cracks so easily?

Where is everyone? How does something this devastating happen over and over again and still go unnoticed by family, friends, even medical professionals? How does it slip through the cracks so easily?

Jordan tells me something that really stuck with me. When an abuser loses access to their victim, the abuse doesn't always stop. It just shifts. The control, the manipulation, the need for attention. It finds a new outlet.

Jordan tells me something that really stuck with me. When an abuser loses access to their victim, the abuse doesn't always stop. It just shifts. The control, the manipulation, the need for attention. It finds a new outlet.

We've spent some time talking about what the abuser does, and Jordan made it clear. The key word in Munchausen by proxy, abuse, is abuse. But I found myself wondering, from a psychological perspective, are there any common threads, any patterns or traits that show up again and again in these perpetrators?

We've spent some time talking about what the abuser does, and Jordan made it clear. The key word in Munchausen by proxy, abuse, is abuse. But I found myself wondering, from a psychological perspective, are there any common threads, any patterns or traits that show up again and again in these perpetrators?

Jordan touched on why it's so hard to take legal action in cases like this, but I wanted to dig a little deeper. What steps, if any, have been taken in the legal system to better support victims of this kind of abuse?

Jordan touched on why it's so hard to take legal action in cases like this, but I wanted to dig a little deeper. What steps, if any, have been taken in the legal system to better support victims of this kind of abuse?