Proxy between adults?

I had thought MBP was a parent/child thing, but I recently got interestested in it and did some research. I found mention that it also happened between adult caregivers and the adults they took care of. I'm not finding much more about it. Any one know any links?

What in the world could you do, if you found out someone was deliberately making a person ill, to protect future victims? It would be impossible to prove. Any ideas?

I haven't heard of the adult MbP but it doesn't surprise me. Someone with MbP would take advantage of any situation in which they were a caretaker.

Nanny cams might be an option - they are basically the hidden video cameras that come in all sorts of packages. You can get cameras in teddy bears, books, flowers and plants and just about anything else you can imagine.

Interesting. Well, the situation that might have been MBP is over, so can't prove anything now. It was obvious he was tampering with medications, but I just suddenly thought the pattern seemed a lot like what I had read about MBP.

He has a pattern of being with women who are ill. Real illness, but has he been making them worse? He certainly was this time. This last time it became life threatening.

Is it possible he really doesn't know what he's doing or the extent of it? He really sees himself as a White Knight and is incredibly good at convincing others. That's what made me wonder, and he's a major attention hound. I thought maybe some of it was subconcious, but now I'm beginning to wonder. And worry about possible future victims. So I was wondering if there was some sort of list of signs. I've read the ones for the parent/child cases, and there are a lot of simularities, enough to scare me.

The symptoms would be the same whether the victim was an adult or a child. I would try and speak with someone local just to get your suspicions out there for the next time.

MbP is about the attention they get for sticking by someone who is so ill, generally the worse the illness is the more attention they get. They begin to feel special and if the person recovers they are no longer recognized for their efforts with them. I don't know the mechanisms behind it and am not a mental health professional so you really should try and find someone who specializes in MP and MbP in your area to get more info.

Thanks, I'll do that. Both the therapist and the doctor know, but I'll check with the therapist to see if he thinks the guy is a continuing danger.

MSbP with Adult Victims:

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