MyNDTALK Munchausen's Syndrome Dr. Marc Feldman

Published: Jan. 17, 2020, 1 a.m.

Dr. Marc Feldman describes people\u2019s strange motivations to fabricate or induce illness or injury to satisfy deep emotional needs. ... From the mother who shaves her child\u2019s head and tells her community he has cancer, to the co-worker who suffers from a string of incomprehensible "tragedies," to the false epilepsy victim who monopolizes her online support group, "disease forgery" is ever-present in the media and in many people\u2019s lives.