Suspected Non-Accidental Trauma SNAT

Question 1

Risk Factors

Answer 1

Having an unrelated partner in the home (especially if unrelated partner is male), lack of income, education, self-esteem, history of substance abuse, history of being abused (parent was abused), lack of support system

Question 2

Potential Signs

Answer 2

Vague explanations of injury, delay in seeking care, inconsistencies in story, inappropriate responses from child or caregiver, malnutrition, dull affect, school absences, Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

Question 3

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

Answer 3

A parent/caregiver falsely reports symptoms in a child that are vague, the child is hospitalized in order to give the parent attention, they intentionally harm their child medically, psychological disorder