Munchausen By Internet

• A podcast with Dr. Feldman about Munchausen by Internet on Mental Health News Radio
• Internet support groups can provide unquestioning support for people who claim dubious ailments such as “chronic Lyme disease”
• A women’s magazine article that offers the honest perspective of a woman who feigned pregnancy losses in an Internet support group
• The Wikipedia entry about the online manifestation of Munchausen syndrome, Munchausen by Internet
• A podcast with Dr. Feldman about why people fake cancer online.
• Dr. Feldman’s first (co-authored) article about Munchausen by Internet
• This op-ed lists clues to detecting Munchausen by Internet
• An early article from a New York newspaper about Munchausen by Internet
• Crowd-funding sites can be misused as posers seek sympathy and, at times, money
• Some infamous cases are cited here, as well as the work of a “hoax hunter”
• An interview with me by the Washington Post describing background and cases of MBI
• False cancer claims, such as that of Belle Gibson, are particularly common in MBI
• This academic article shows that real-life Munchausen by proxy can sometimes be detected through exaggerations on social media
• This is the article in which the term “Munchausen by Internet” was coined
• These cases are found worldwide, as this Australian article shows
• A story and video about a case of MBI that drew in several celebrities
• A Texas county has been aggressive in identifying and exploring such behaviors
• A Slate article dealing with “Munchausen by proxy by Internet” in the case of perpetrator Lacey Spears case
• In “malingering by proxy” cases, perpetrators may seek money for false illnesses in their children