Dr. Cathy Ayoub

parents want action, and then they're so relieved when the child gets better, or they're very anxious when the child is not getting better, or when they have a chronic life course that the parent often can't control, particularly if the child's quite ill. What you see in much husband by proxy is that there's always what I call a yes, but. It's like there's a procedure, the child has a procedure.

Sometimes the parent will often push for a procedure that the doctor may not think is totally necessary. And the parent comes back and says, yes, but my child is still ill or my child has another problem. If their GI problem was taken care of, now they have seizures. If they're also having seizures, then they have an immunological problem.

Sometimes the parent will often push for a procedure that the doctor may not think is totally necessary. And the parent comes back and says, yes, but my child is still ill or my child has another problem. If their GI problem was taken care of, now they have seizures. If they're also having seizures, then they have an immunological problem.

Sometimes the parent will often push for a procedure that the doctor may not think is totally necessary. And the parent comes back and says, yes, but my child is still ill or my child has another problem. If their GI problem was taken care of, now they have seizures. If they're also having seizures, then they have an immunological problem.

So almost every body system gets tagged and it just gets worse. The other thing you see is if providers have time to go back and look at the records, you can almost track where different disorders appeared. So you also see doctor shopping, not to try to find a way to have the child get better, but to have somebody validate that the child is ill.

So almost every body system gets tagged and it just gets worse. The other thing you see is if providers have time to go back and look at the records, you can almost track where different disorders appeared. So you also see doctor shopping, not to try to find a way to have the child get better, but to have somebody validate that the child is ill.

So almost every body system gets tagged and it just gets worse. The other thing you see is if providers have time to go back and look at the records, you can almost track where different disorders appeared. So you also see doctor shopping, not to try to find a way to have the child get better, but to have somebody validate that the child is ill.

So you have to really look at all those patterns very carefully. I think I could say almost every parent that I've interviewed with factitious disorder has convinced me at some point in time. I get taken in to the point where I often have a colleague when I'm doing these forensic interviews where I can do six interviews, 10 interviews, you know, I can spend much more time.

So you have to really look at all those patterns very carefully. I think I could say almost every parent that I've interviewed with factitious disorder has convinced me at some point in time. I get taken in to the point where I often have a colleague when I'm doing these forensic interviews where I can do six interviews, 10 interviews, you know, I can spend much more time.

So you have to really look at all those patterns very carefully. I think I could say almost every parent that I've interviewed with factitious disorder has convinced me at some point in time. I get taken in to the point where I often have a colleague when I'm doing these forensic interviews where I can do six interviews, 10 interviews, you know, I can spend much more time.

I may have a colleague sit behind me to watch me be taken in oftentimes because these are very, very convincing people. Now, And some of these women present as victims and really want everybody to feel sorry for them. Some of them are more assertive and are more intellectual. You know, I know more about this disease than the doctor. And that's also kind of another sign.

I may have a colleague sit behind me to watch me be taken in oftentimes because these are very, very convincing people. Now, And some of these women present as victims and really want everybody to feel sorry for them. Some of them are more assertive and are more intellectual. You know, I know more about this disease than the doctor. And that's also kind of another sign.

I may have a colleague sit behind me to watch me be taken in oftentimes because these are very, very convincing people. Now, And some of these women present as victims and really want everybody to feel sorry for them. Some of them are more assertive and are more intellectual. You know, I know more about this disease than the doctor. And that's also kind of another sign.

It doesn't mean that parents of chronically ill kids aren't going to know a lot about their child's disease, but it almost comes across in a different way. They don't spend all their waking hours on the internet looking at rare diseases. So I hope that's given you a few characteristics that are really different, but you can see that it's not something that you might know

It doesn't mean that parents of chronically ill kids aren't going to know a lot about their child's disease, but it almost comes across in a different way. They don't spend all their waking hours on the internet looking at rare diseases. So I hope that's given you a few characteristics that are really different, but you can see that it's not something that you might know

It doesn't mean that parents of chronically ill kids aren't going to know a lot about their child's disease, but it almost comes across in a different way. They don't spend all their waking hours on the internet looking at rare diseases. So I hope that's given you a few characteristics that are really different, but you can see that it's not something that you might know

instantaneously and you have to dig. And that's one of the things I think that's always interested me is that it's very important to really start out thinking this is a chronically ill child and really peeling back the onion.

instantaneously and you have to dig. And that's one of the things I think that's always interested me is that it's very important to really start out thinking this is a chronically ill child and really peeling back the onion.

instantaneously and you have to dig. And that's one of the things I think that's always interested me is that it's very important to really start out thinking this is a chronically ill child and really peeling back the onion.

And then watching and spending some time with the child, really understanding who is this child, what are they doing, you know, how do they appear when they're, you know, relaxed or will sit and, you know, be with you, play with you, those kinds of things.