Neurologists

• Neurology
  Dr. Feldman is board-certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a member of the workgroups for the revisions of the factitious disorder diagnoses for the upcoming DSM-5-TR and ICD-11. A profile of Dr. Feldman is available – click here to view.
• Autism
  The limited research that exists on adult survivors shows that victims tend to have PTSD and often fear even medically necessary treatment. They may avoid psychological treatment for the same reason, especially if the mother’s deceptions involved false psychological claims, such as false ADHD, bipolar disorder, autism, developmental disabilities, and the like. A few even develop factitious disorder themselves, as if to “master” the trauma by making it their own. Many survivors were pre-verbal or early-verbal when the MBP took place, so needless to say, their memories of the incidents are limited or absent. Others have trouble with “reality testing,” or discerning generally what is true and real and what is not wholly true. So, it isn’t at all surprising that many victims are deeply affected and have emotional issues to combat. There certainly needs to be more research done to determine how to best help adult survivors recover and heal.

Psychiatrists

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Depression
• Mental Health
  Though the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, Medical Child Abuse (MCA) is the act of physically and/or psychologically harming a child under the abuser’s care by fabricating, exaggerating, or inducing their illness or injury. Though FDIA is a psychiatric disorder that often underlies this type of abuse, the mental health of the perpetrator should be considered secondary to preserving the health and well-being of the child being harmed.
• Psychiatry
  Marc D. Feldman, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, the University of Alabama (UA), Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, he is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in the professional literature.
• Behavioral Health
  He is listed in The Best Doctors in America. He is an Honors graduate of Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School, and the psychiatric residency at Duke University Medical Center, where he later joined the faculty. He was formerly Vice Chair and Medical Director in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and has served as Regional Medical Director of United Behavioral Health, Inc., a managed care company.
• Anxiety