Dr. Cathy Ayoub

And most of that, all of the pediatricians and the nurses were really very willing to have folks on the child abuse team go ahead and talk to the parents, understand what happened to the child and really try to understand any forms of abuse or neglect we were seeing and whether we should report to child welfare. for example, except for one case.

And the chief physician who had really helped start the team and actually circulated, rotated through the team said, I have a case and I'm not referring it. And there is a mother here and her baby almost died because the baby's bottle was full of salt. And I'm going to handle this case myself. and I'm gonna work with child protection.

And the chief physician who had really helped start the team and actually circulated, rotated through the team said, I have a case and I'm not referring it. And there is a mother here and her baby almost died because the baby's bottle was full of salt. And I'm going to handle this case myself. and I'm gonna work with child protection.

And the chief physician who had really helped start the team and actually circulated, rotated through the team said, I have a case and I'm not referring it. And there is a mother here and her baby almost died because the baby's bottle was full of salt. And I'm going to handle this case myself. and I'm gonna work with child protection.

I'm gonna work with referring it and she's very sorry and you're not gonna touch this case. And I was really curious. And I think my curiosity led me to then after I moved to Boston and went back to school, In my clinical work, both as a pre-doctoral and post-doctoral, I was really interested in working through the courts and with child protection agencies and hospitals around child abuse neglect.

I'm gonna work with referring it and she's very sorry and you're not gonna touch this case. And I was really curious. And I think my curiosity led me to then after I moved to Boston and went back to school, In my clinical work, both as a pre-doctoral and post-doctoral, I was really interested in working through the courts and with child protection agencies and hospitals around child abuse neglect.

I'm gonna work with referring it and she's very sorry and you're not gonna touch this case. And I was really curious. And I think my curiosity led me to then after I moved to Boston and went back to school, In my clinical work, both as a pre-doctoral and post-doctoral, I was really interested in working through the courts and with child protection agencies and hospitals around child abuse neglect.

And I was always curious about this, by then this Munchausen by proxy.

And I was always curious about this, by then this Munchausen by proxy.

And I was always curious about this, by then this Munchausen by proxy.

It was in the late 1970s. Very long ago, really around the time that Roy Meadows actually wrote the first paper on Munchausen by proxy. And I found the paper and even tried to say, I wonder if this is what's going on. And it was just, again, our whole team was really shut out of the process.

It was in the late 1970s. Very long ago, really around the time that Roy Meadows actually wrote the first paper on Munchausen by proxy. And I found the paper and even tried to say, I wonder if this is what's going on. And it was just, again, our whole team was really shut out of the process.

It was in the late 1970s. Very long ago, really around the time that Roy Meadows actually wrote the first paper on Munchausen by proxy. And I found the paper and even tried to say, I wonder if this is what's going on. And it was just, again, our whole team was really shut out of the process.

I believe his conception was really that this was a very remorseful mother who had made a big mistake. And he was very connected to her. I mean, that was the other thing that really, really got my attention because he was so connected to her. that he really needed to, he not only kept us out of the situation, but he really worked with the child protective workers to keep them out in a way too.

I believe his conception was really that this was a very remorseful mother who had made a big mistake. And he was very connected to her. I mean, that was the other thing that really, really got my attention because he was so connected to her. that he really needed to, he not only kept us out of the situation, but he really worked with the child protective workers to keep them out in a way too.

I believe his conception was really that this was a very remorseful mother who had made a big mistake. And he was very connected to her. I mean, that was the other thing that really, really got my attention because he was so connected to her. that he really needed to, he not only kept us out of the situation, but he really worked with the child protective workers to keep them out in a way too.

I'm gonna see her, I'm gonna see this baby, I'm sure this isn't gonna happen again. And he made a lot of assertions and was incredibly protective around the whole reporting system.

I'm gonna see her, I'm gonna see this baby, I'm sure this isn't gonna happen again. And he made a lot of assertions and was incredibly protective around the whole reporting system.

I'm gonna see her, I'm gonna see this baby, I'm sure this isn't gonna happen again. And he made a lot of assertions and was incredibly protective around the whole reporting system.

That was my entry point. And then when I went back and got my doctorate in psychology, I was lucky enough to be both as a pre-doctoral student and then to do a postdoctoral fellowship. in child forensics and I worked at the Boston Juvenile Court Clinic as part of that experience and also did a lot of work in family court. And I was handed a case, and they said, well, you're a nurse.