On Dec 26, a woman living in Kyoto was arrested on charges of attempting to kill her daughter with contaminated water. A camera in the hospital caught her injecting the water into an intravenous drip for her daughter. Her three other daughters had died by mysterious infections before reaching to 4-year-old.
She denied her intention to kill her daughters and said that she only wanted to take care of her daughters who got sick. Several articles on the news said that possibly she has "Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP)", a rare mental disorder.
MSbP was first described in 1977 by a pediatrician in the UK and soon gained a following among medics and social workers. Patients with "fabricated or induced illness (FII)" or "Munchausen syndrome" feign illness by injuring themselves to garner attention, whereas MSbP sufferers harm other person, mainly their child, to gain acclaim for their dedications. It seems that MSbP sufferers are very likely to shift their target if the former has died. The case of the arrested woman appears to be consisted with the description.
Does the President Bush have MSbP? He damaged the US to win plaudits for his "justice". Today, Barack Obama is going to be sworn in as the 44th President of the USA. Change has come to America. I believe he can, if he is not Baron Munchausen.
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