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Losing the Light: Terry Gilliam and the Munchausen Saga by Andrew Yule. ISBN 1557830606, Applause Theatre Book Pub, Paperback.

The author takes interviews from people related to the movie (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) and encompasses all of the delays and pitfalls associated with it. From trying to cast Marlon Brando as the King of the Moon to the self centered producers (Thomas Schuly) total lack of concern for the crew or anyone in general this book shows how one of the most over-budgeted films of its time($20 million over) became a flop.

Disordered Mother or Disordered Diagnosis: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. by David Allison & Mark Roberts. ISBN 0-88163-290-2, Analytic Press.

This book is strongly biased in favor of mothers accused of MSP. It contains references to MSP accusations as witch hunts and to hired-gun experts testimony in MSP cases.

Describes the story of nurse Tanya Reid, whose diagnosis with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy revealed that her first child, who supposedly died from SIDS, had been murdered by her mother, and that her second child was also being targeted.

A comprehensive, detailed examination of a form of child abuse in which the parents systematically fabricate illnesses in their children or intentionally make their children gravely ill in order to garner medical attention. The authors are both in the Department of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California. Annotation Copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. 2/1/94

Drawing on anecdotes from more than three decades of practice and the latest medical and psychiatric research, the former director of the Mount Sinai Hospital Psych-Med Unit explores the complex mind/body relationship and stress-related disorders.