Dee Dee Blanchard: A Mother's Tragic Abuse of Gypsy Rose
The case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, illustrates a severe instance of Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP), a mental health disorder in which a caregiver fabricates or induces illness in a dependent person under their care to gain attention and sympathy. Dee Dee subjected her daughter to unnecessary medical procedures,…