Using Munchausen's syndrome by proxy/factitious disorder by proxy and parental alienation as blueprints, this book advances a new diagnostic category for addressing complex pathological phenomena that integrates individual characteristics and symptoms, family and other system dynamics under one diagnosis.
Using Munchausen's syndrome by proxy/factitious disorder by proxy and parental alienation as blueprints, this book advances a new diagnostic category for addressing complex pathological phenomena that integrates individual characteristics and symptoms, family and other system dynamics under one diagnosis.
Michael R. Bütz, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in Montana who specializes in forensics with Aspen Practice, P.C., and clinical and neuropsychology at St. Vincent Healthcare. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association's Society of Clinical Psychology and recipient of numerous awards from APA's Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs Division (31). Dr. Butz has been best known for his previous work on nonlinear dynamics as the author of Chaos and Complexity: Implications for Psychological Theory and Practice (1997) and as coauthor of Strange Attractors: Chaos, Complexity and the Art of Family Therapy (1997) and Clinical Chaos: A Therapist's Guide to Nonlinear Dynamics and Therapeutic Change (Routledge, 1998).
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Acknowledgements * Preface * Chapter1: Diagnostic Confusion and Delays that Endanger Children * Chapter2: Sparks that Ignite Fires, Symphonic Orchestras, and Interrelated Multidimensional Diagnoses * Chapter 3: "'Tis but thy name that is my enemy..." * Chapter 4: Interrelated Multidimensional Diagnoses * Chapter 5: Factitious Disorder by Proxy and Interrelated Multidimensional Diagnoses * Chapter 6: Parental Alienation as an Interrelated Multidimensional Diagnosis * Chapter 7: Parallel Characteristics and Variables: Factitious Disorder by Proxy and Parental Alienation * Chapter 8: Interventions, Motions, Policies, Procedures, and Potential IMDs * References * Appendix A: Key IMD Symbolic Language *
