system
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human
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental illness and a form of child abuse. The caretaker of a child, most often a mother, either makes up fake symptoms or causes real symptoms to make it look like the child is sick.

For the second part - My job, in general, is working with children. In my field, I generally take the cases of abuse involving children. Though MSP is "rare", we see it very frequently 😬
gpt
Have you seen The Act on Hulu? If not, it's a  true-crime story about Gypsy Rose Blanchard, &gt;!who murdered her mother because of her MSP abuse!&lt;. It's based on a book, which I believe was Gypsy's memoir. But I recall some little controversy over how true it all was. I'm curious as someone who works in this field how accurate that depiction of MSP is, if you're familiar with it.