An increasingly vocal parents’ advocacy group says doctors are overdiagnosing the condition, mistaking legitimate, if complex, medical issues for abuse.
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Last week, the health network appointed a new medical director, Sarah Kleinle, who was trained in the Philadelphia region,. Esernio-Jenssen will stay with the health network, working part-time at other LVHN facilities. Data on Munchausen syndrome by proxy’s prevalence is rare. According to Pinsley’s report, the state Department of Human Services identified 25 cases of medical child abuse between 2017 and 2021.Of the nine identified medical child abuse cases in the Lehigh Valley region, four were withdrawn by county child welfare officials, Pinsley said.
The teenager reported that his parents were emotionally abusing him, Steltz said. That launched an investigation from the hospital’s Child Advocacy Center. Steltz provided documentation and diagnoses from specialists at the Cleveland Clinic who have treated her sons. In the ensuing case opened by the county’s Children and Youth Services, the couple lost custody of both of their sons.
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