April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month, and it got me wondering how aware practitioners are of atypical child abuse. I recently came across the mere second clear incident of it in my 20-year ...

Factitious disorder, previously referred to as Munchausen syndrome, is a condition in which an individual deceives others by appearing ill, impaired, or injured. This can involve faking, purposely ...

We report the case of a young female patient who self-induced a chronic keratoconjunctivitis by inserting tissue paper and cotton wool into her conjunctival fornices. A 17-year-old woman was referred ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is a free woman. The child abuse victim who in 2016 was sentenced for her involvement in her mother's murder was released from Chillicothe Correctional Center in Chillicothe, ...

The Department for Work and Pensions' flagship disability benefit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP), provides financial support to help people manage the extra costs that come with disability.

Blanchard received a 10-year sentence after being convincted along with then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn of murdering her mother Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard, a case that made national headlines and ...