The story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard made national news after her mother was accused of medically abusing her own daughter. Clinical psychologist Dr. Judy Ho shares that it’s an illness where the perpetrator will try and impose an illness on someone who is in their care. They can do things to make someone feel sick or falsify conditions to doctors. Some red flags are they are very dramatic in the presentation of the child’s illness and they like to be a medical marvel.
