Fabricated or Induced Illness

Provider

Bond Solon

Aims

Fabricated or Induced Illness Syndrome (FII) is a rare form of child abuse, and occurs where a parent, or occasionally another adult, invents, induces or exaggerates a child's illness.

Objectives

The nature of FII, and the kind of perpetrator behaviours to look out for
Guidance available, when practitioners should consider FII as a possibility, and case examples.
There are also exercises to complete which support learning.