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Podcast: Psychologists Off the Clock
Episode: 394. Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant with Andrea Dunlop and Mike Weber
Description: Some of the worst kinds of abuse happen right in front of us—often hidden behind love, care, and even medicine.In this episode, Jill sits down with returning guest Andrea Dunlop and her co-author and colleague Mike Weber to talk about their book, The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy. Munchausen by Proxy (MBP) is a disturbing form of medical child abuse, which we have covered on the podcast before, where a caregiver—usually a mother—makes a child sick or pretends they are, all for attention and sympathy.Andrea, a podcas...