This is a subject that changed my life. One of our adopted children came to us from a mother with MPB. Our daughter was the unknowing victim. It's one of the most perplexing and insidious mental illnesses ever. If I wouldn't have seen its effects personally, I would have never believed the horrifice level of emotional and medical abuse. I have some great resources I'll post tomorrow.
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/05/clackamas_county_a_case_of_med.html
'Extreme Makeover' family in Oregon finds mother under 'medical child abuse' scrutiny
"The world met the Cerda family two years ago when the ABC reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" showcased their story -- a generous, but struggling Las Vegas couple raising two daughters with serious immune disorders. The girls, M and M, wore face masks to guard against toxins and germs that might be harmless to healthy kids. The TV program paid to demolish the family's mold-filled house and replace it with an opulent new home..."
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"...By fall 2009, the house was for sale and the family moved to Oregon, where the parents that television producers found so compelling came under scrutiny...."
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"....Several doctors and a hospital social worker began to question Terri Cerda's insistence that her daughters had chronic health problems when tests and examinations indicated otherwise. In January, Dr. Thomas Valvano, an OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital pediatrician who specializes in suspected child abuse and neglect, reported the Cerdas to state child-welfare authorities, and in February, the state took temporary custody of the two girls...."
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"....Six doctors testified that M, 10, and M, 8, did not live in constant medical peril, as Terri Cerda claimed. Valvano went further. The Cerda children, he told the judge, were victims of medical child abuse....."
More at link
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/05/clackamas_county_a_case_of_med.html
'Extreme Makeover' family in Oregon finds mother under 'medical child abuse' scrutiny
"The world met the Cerda family two years ago when the ABC reality show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" showcased their story -- a generous, but struggling Las Vegas couple raising two daughters with serious immune disorders. The girls, M and M, wore face masks to guard against toxins and germs that might be harmless to healthy kids. The TV program paid to demolish the family's mold-filled house and replace it with an opulent new home..."
and
"...By fall 2009, the house was for sale and the family moved to Oregon, where the parents that television producers found so compelling came under scrutiny...."
and
"....Several doctors and a hospital social worker began to question Terri Cerda's insistence that her daughters had chronic health problems when tests and examinations indicated otherwise. In January, Dr. Thomas Valvano, an OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital pediatrician who specializes in suspected child abuse and neglect, reported the Cerdas to state child-welfare authorities, and in February, the state took temporary custody of the two girls...."
and
"....Six doctors testified that M, 10, and M, 8, did not live in constant medical peril, as Terri Cerda claimed. Valvano went further. The Cerda children, he told the judge, were victims of medical child abuse....."
More at link