YAd materinskoj lyubvi: Kak mama pridumyvala mne bolezni. Lichnaya istoriya o sindrome Myunhgauzena

It is natural for parents to take care of their child‘s health, monitor his condition, and see a doctor when he is ill. But sometimes parents who assure doctors that their child is seriously ill and needs constant care, medication support, and procedures are not healthy themselves. Olga Yarmolovich‘s mother had pronounced signs of delegated Munchausen syndrome, a rare condition in which parents deliberately induce illness in their child or make it up in order to seek medical help. Growing up, Olga realized that her diagnoses were fictitious, tons of medication unnecessary, and examinations crippling to the body and psyche. This is her frank and poignant story about her childhood, colored by hospital wards. This is not just the first book in Russia on the delegated Munchausen syndrome, it is a story of survival, finding maturity and freedom from an abusive parent and internal demons inherited.