Munchausen by proxy
MONDO:0000597Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Munchausen by proxy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A factitious disorder that involves a care giver's deliberate exaggeration, fabrication, and/or induce physical, psychological, behavioral, and/or mental health problems in others.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0000597), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: Munchausen by proxy
- Also called
- Munchausen by proxy syndromeMunchausen syndrome by proxy