02549cam a2200349 i 4500 1895933246 TxAuBib 20250709120000.0 241102s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024041821 9781250284273 HRD 30.00 1250284279 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Dunlop, Andrea, author. The mother next door [BOOK] : medicine, deception, and Munchausen by proxy / Andrea Dunlop and Mike Weber. Medicine, deception, and Munchausen by proxy. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025. xxx, 272 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Meet Hope -- Saving Sophia -- Meet Mike Weber -- The investigation begins -- A family divided -- Poison -- The interview -- The arrest -- Aftermath -- What happened to Alyssa? -- Fooling no one -- "Unable to determine" -- The turn -- The trial -- Reason to believe -- After the fall -- When Mary met Doug -- Jane Justin -- Turning Doug -- "Nurse" Mary -- A tangled web -- Minnesota -- A seismic shift. "No bond is more sacred than that between a mother and child. And no one is more sympathetic than a mother whose child faces a life-threatening illness. But what if the mother is the cause of the illness? What if the sympathy is the point? Munchausen by proxy (MBP) has fascinated and horrified both professionals and the general public since this disturbing form of child abuse was first identified. But even as the public has been captivated by these tales of abuse and deception, there remains widespread misinformation and confusion about MBP. Are these mothers unfeeling psychopaths, or sick women who need help? And more important, how can we protect the children whose lives are at stake? The Mother Next Door offers a groundbreaking look at MBP from an unlikely duo: a Seattle novelist whose own family was torn apart by it, and the Texas detective who has worked on more medical child abuse cases than anyone in the nation.". 20250709. Weber, Mike 1964- Munchausen syndrome by proxy United States. Child abuse Investigation United States. True crime stories. Weber, Mike, 1964-, author.