b'an evidence-based evaluation of the Mn- NHF Crossword Puzzlechausen syndrome by proxy, as children are taken away from their parents based upon a diagnosis that has not been es- By Myles Mellor(Please see answers on page 30)tablished or validated. (Mnchausen syn-drome by proxy isa mental-health disorder in which a caregiver, most often a mother, routinely creates fake symptoms, or causes real symptoms, in a child or adult victim to make it appear that the victim has a true physical or mental health issue.) We are awaiting a response.In practical application, NHF-Sweden began helping a mother in a custody case, where the children had declared the father as abusive but social services had instead declared the mother to be the problem. La-beling her with the Mnchausen syndrome by proxy label, the agency thereby shifted the focus from the abusive father to the mother.In another case, Michael Zazzio is help-ing a mother with an autistic daughter who is not getting the help she needs. Suffering also from ADHD and multiple food intol-erances, the daughter has medical certifi-cates validating her health conditions, but the municipality rejects them and demands completely new ones to be issued every year.Thesedemandsareanincredible hardship for the family and unsupported by the law, which does not give the munic-ipality the right to ask the mother to pro- Across Downduce new certificates every year. The case1 NHF founder, 219A digital curren- 2Disapproval 23Forearm bone, pl.is currently under review before a Swedishwords cy that is being 3Hippocratic25High academic court.6Mature, as wine introduced toOath, First, ___degree, abbr.Inthemeantime,themotherofthe 9Genetic ___ control the popu- ___ __. 3 words 27Neutral colorautistic girl, through her adviser Michaellation, abbr.Implantable 4Prenatal test,29Global financial 10 Zazzio, won a battle against the housing22Suffix for moreabbr.company that owns the house where theydevices being used24Jettison institution, abbr.as control mecha-5Deal with, as a live. The existing house is moldy and hasnisms, 2 words 26Have problemmade her daughter sick. There were no12The symbol of28Basic health free-6Low pH chemicalsinexpensive apartments available, but by referencing the Convention on the Rightsresistivity of adom, 2 words7Relievedof the Child and current legislation, thematerial 30Most effective 8Doctrine that 13Fade out form of COQ10 knowledge is parties entered into a very favorable agree-14___ metric, prefix 31___bit, 1 word:derived from ment on a newly built home (for the same rental cost as the old one), which will15EVOO, the noun example of aexperienceTrichomoniasis,device tracking11Deepest part, as benefit the girls health. 16personal medicalNHF-Swedenanticipatesanincreas- for one, abbr. data, owned byof ones stomachingly busy schedule with the battle lines17 A basic principleGoogle 18Level of impor- drawndomesticallyandgloballywhileof medical free- tance, rankdom, goes with 2120Life, prefixgovernments do their utmost to wrest sov-ereignty from their individual citizens anddown 21Second part of 17 centralize control in their own hands. Across H ealtHF reedomN ews /w iNter2022 21'