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Children's social care teams are responsible for protecting children from abuse and neglect.
Children's social care teams consist of a number of different professionals. They're employed by local authorities responsible for protecting children from abuse and neglect.
Operational · Procedural statement · From What happens - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
A health and education rehabilitation plan is created for the child to resolve the situation and help them recover.
Whether or not the child is referred to children's social care, healthcare professionals will create a health and education rehabilitation plan for the child.
Operational · Procedural statement · From What happens - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
If there is a risk of harm, healthcare professionals will refer the case to children's social care.
If there's thought to be a risk of harm to the child, healthcare professionals will also refer the case to children's social care.
Operational · Procedural statement · From What happens - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Health professionals will meet to discuss concerns and determine whether the signs can be explained by a diagnosed health condition or FII.
Healthcare professionals will meet to discuss the concerns and agree on whether the signs can be explained by a diagnosed health condition, or whether it appears to be a case of FII.
Operational · Procedural statement · From What happens - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
If FII is suspected, healthcare professionals will create a detailed record of the child's treatment and family functioning.
They'll put together a detailed record of all the available information related to the child's treatment and involvement with health services. They'll explore how the family is functioning, the parents' views, and the child's views if they're old enough.
Operational · Procedural statement · From What happens - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
A senior paediatrician will examine medical evidence to determine if there is a clinical explanation for the child's symptoms.
A senior paediatrician will examine the medical evidence to determine whether there's a clinical explanation for the child's symptoms.
Operational · Procedural statement · From What happens - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Healthcare professionals will refer suspected cases of FII to a community paediatrician.
If a healthcare professional notices signs of FII, they'll usually refer the case to a community paediatrician.
Operational · Procedural statement · From What happens - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Some parents who fabricate illness have somatic symptom disorder or somatoform disorder.
Some parents have a somatic symptom disorder, or somatoform disorder. This means they genuinely feel pain or other symptoms, but it's related to underlying emotional difficulties rather than physical health conditions.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Unfounded worries can lead to harmful behavior towards the child in parents who fabricate illness.
They may be motivated by genuine worries about the child, but because these worries are unfounded their behaviour can harm the child.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Some parents who fabricate illness also have health anxiety about themselves.
Some parents also have health anxiety about themselves.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Parents who fabricate illness may have an anxiety disorder causing unfounded worries about the child's health.
Some parents have an anxiety disorder that makes them have unfounded anxieties about their child's health.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Some parents or carers who fabricate illness feel resentment towards their child's happy childhood.
Other parents or carers who've been involved in FII have reported feeling a sense of resentment towards their child because they have a happy childhood, unlike their own.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Parents or carers who fabricate illness may find medical care for the child rewarding.
Sometimes, people with personality disorders find reward in behaviour or situations that other people would find intensely distressing. It's thought that some parents or carers who carry out FII find the situation of their child being under medical care rewarding.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Not everyone with borderline personality disorder goes on to abuse their children.
A borderline personality disorder is characterised by emotional instability, disturbed thinking, impulsive behaviour, and intense but unstable relationships with others. It's important to note that not everyone with borderline personality disorder goes on to abuse their children.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Borderline personality disorder is characterized by emotional instability and disturbed thinking patterns.
Personality disorders are a type of mental health problem where a person has a distorted pattern of thoughts and beliefs about themselves and others. These distorted thoughts and beliefs may cause them to behave in ways that most people would regard as disturbed and abnormal.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
A high proportion of parents involved in FII have personality disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder.
A high proportion of parents and carers involved in FII have been found to have a personality disorder and, in particular, a borderline personality disorder.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Some mothers who fabricate illness have experienced the death of another child or a difficult pregnancy.
Some case studies also revealed that the mother may have experienced the death of another child, or a difficult pregnancy.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Parents or carers who fabricate illness may have a history of self-harm, drug misuse, or alcohol misuse.
One or both parents may have a history of self-harm or drug or alcohol misuse.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Most people who experience abuse in childhood do not go on to abuse their children.
But most people who are abused as children do not go on to abuse their own children.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]
Some parents who fabricate illness were victims of physical and sexual abuse in childhood.
Research has found some parents and carers who were known to have fabricated or induced illness in their child were victims of physical and sexual abuse during their own childhood.
Context · Observational claim · From Causes - Fabricated or induced illness, [page]