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The Internet's Top Rated Web Site
for Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
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Marvels.
All Rights Reserved.
AsherMeadow is a trademark of American Marvels
Company.
Named for effort of two pioneering people,
Richard Asher and Roy Meadow, our name represents where
we came from, and what we aim to do.
In 1951, Richard Asher was the first to describe a
pattern of self-abuse, where individuals fabricated histories of illness. Remembering
Baron von Munchausen, Asher named this condition Munchausen's Syndrome.
In 1977, the English pediatrician
Roy Meadow described a form
of child abuse in which mothers deliberately induced or falsely reported illnesses in
their children. He referred to this behavior as Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.
While recovery is a critical part of what this site hopes
to prosper, our primary goal is education, and through that, prevention.
Originally called The Asher-Meadow Center for Education
& Prevention of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, the web site and accompanied
organization was renamed in October 1999 to simply AsherMeadow™. |
