Dr. Cathy Ayoub

Anyway, lots of Ds here. We also talk about Munchausen by proxy as being one of a number of disorders of deception. And getting back to these three groups of women and some other things you can think about, disorders of deception as a more global term are people who fabricate or exaggerate or change their reality. Or some of them are what we commonly know as pathological liars.

Anyway, lots of Ds here. We also talk about Munchausen by proxy as being one of a number of disorders of deception. And getting back to these three groups of women and some other things you can think about, disorders of deception as a more global term are people who fabricate or exaggerate or change their reality. Or some of them are what we commonly know as pathological liars.

Now, with Munchausen by proxy perpetrators, some of them are very focused on their children, on their children's symptoms. And in a number of cases, I've had some perpetrators say to me, My child has these physical symptoms. They would never have psychological problems. Or my child has these psychoeducational problems, and they would never have physical symptoms.

Now, with Munchausen by proxy perpetrators, some of them are very focused on their children, on their children's symptoms. And in a number of cases, I've had some perpetrators say to me, My child has these physical symptoms. They would never have psychological problems. Or my child has these psychoeducational problems, and they would never have physical symptoms.

Now, with Munchausen by proxy perpetrators, some of them are very focused on their children, on their children's symptoms. And in a number of cases, I've had some perpetrators say to me, My child has these physical symptoms. They would never have psychological problems. Or my child has these psychoeducational problems, and they would never have physical symptoms.

And sometimes there are a combination of both. I think the child's symptomatology also tells you something about actually how many children in the family are going to be targeted. So that's kind of another issue we can come back to if you're interested.

And sometimes there are a combination of both. I think the child's symptomatology also tells you something about actually how many children in the family are going to be targeted. So that's kind of another issue we can come back to if you're interested.

And sometimes there are a combination of both. I think the child's symptomatology also tells you something about actually how many children in the family are going to be targeted. So that's kind of another issue we can come back to if you're interested.

But then thinking about the perpetrators, they may also be evaluated or be identified based on their whatever is motivating them to keep this secret or to actually make an admission.

But then thinking about the perpetrators, they may also be evaluated or be identified based on their whatever is motivating them to keep this secret or to actually make an admission.

But then thinking about the perpetrators, they may also be evaluated or be identified based on their whatever is motivating them to keep this secret or to actually make an admission.

I've been involved in long-term treatment of a small number of cases, but significant cases and had the privilege of actually working with these families for seven or eight years from the time they were identified to the time that the children were completely reunified. And it was really quite extraordinary.

I've been involved in long-term treatment of a small number of cases, but significant cases and had the privilege of actually working with these families for seven or eight years from the time they were identified to the time that the children were completely reunified. And it was really quite extraordinary.

I've been involved in long-term treatment of a small number of cases, but significant cases and had the privilege of actually working with these families for seven or eight years from the time they were identified to the time that the children were completely reunified. And it was really quite extraordinary.

And then I've seen several of the families when the children were adults and their siblings. So that's, been very interesting. And in those cases, those mothers each said to me, I happened to be the forensic evaluators for each of them. And in one case actually got a full confession, which was just extraordinary because it just doesn't happen.

And then I've seen several of the families when the children were adults and their siblings. So that's, been very interesting. And in those cases, those mothers each said to me, I happened to be the forensic evaluators for each of them. And in one case actually got a full confession, which was just extraordinary because it just doesn't happen.

And then I've seen several of the families when the children were adults and their siblings. So that's, been very interesting. And in those cases, those mothers each said to me, I happened to be the forensic evaluators for each of them. And in one case actually got a full confession, which was just extraordinary because it just doesn't happen.

But each of these mothers essentially said, I was waiting for someone to find me out. Why didn't, for example, there was a woman who was in a hospital here in Boston and her child was getting ready to, her four-year-old was getting ready to have surgery to have part of his pancreas removed. because he kept having excessive insulin production.

But each of these mothers essentially said, I was waiting for someone to find me out. Why didn't, for example, there was a woman who was in a hospital here in Boston and her child was getting ready to, her four-year-old was getting ready to have surgery to have part of his pancreas removed. because he kept having excessive insulin production.

But each of these mothers essentially said, I was waiting for someone to find me out. Why didn't, for example, there was a woman who was in a hospital here in Boston and her child was getting ready to, her four-year-old was getting ready to have surgery to have part of his pancreas removed. because he kept having excessive insulin production.