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Dr. feldman thinks the noes' previous willingness to speak to reporters about their dead children was yet another symptom of munchausen by proxy. >> the mothers present themselves as having black clouds over their shoulders and that's what happened when magazines like "newsweek" and especially "life" magazine covered the noe deaths. it made her famous for a time as the most sympathetic mother in the country. >> dr. howell fillinger, who performed autopsies on some of the noe babies, agrees with dr. feldman. he points out there was really no way to diagnose marie at that time. >> in those days,...

Under her care so that she is getting the same benefits of the sick role, that is, attention and concern. she's left herself in good health but weakened the child's health. >> dr. feldman's main field of study is munchausen's and while he said marie noe's case isn't completely typical of a munchausen by proxy case, it still fits the bill. marie noe got attention each time she brought her babies into the hospital. turning blue and gasping for breath. >> having the child be terribly ill over a period of time was probably a little gratifying for her, but not as gratifying as being a bereaved pare...

Proxy. >> the mother sickens the child under her care so that she is getting the same benefits of the sick role, that is, attention and concern. she's left herself in good health but weakened the child's health. >> dr. feldman's main field of study is munchausen's and while he said marie noe's case isn't completely typical of a munchausen by proxy case, it still fits the bill. marie noe got attention each time she brought her babies into the hospital, turning blue and gasping for breath. >> having the child be terribly ill over a period of time was probably a little gratifying for her, but not...

But during the 1950s and 1960s, little was known about munchausen's or the mysterious crib death, today known as sudden infant death syndrome. which is what doctors said several of the noe babies died from. >> sids is the sudden death of an infant below the age of 1 where a very thorough investigation fails to explain why the death occurred. >> dr. mark feldman is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the university of alabama. >> we have to understand a few things about sudden infant death syndrome. one is that there is typically no warning sign. the first discovery that something is wrong is...

Total of some 70 hours. he said the last time he saw her was in 2003. dr. john o'brien, a court-appointed forensic psychiatrist, also examined marie and submitted to the court at least one report. other experts had access to this report, including dr. mark feldman. his main field of study is munchausen's disorder. >> i was able to receive the lot of information from dr. o'brien's report. >> dr. o'brien diagnosed marie noe with a mixed personality disorder. but dr. feldman was hoping to learn more. >> it should have been a comprehensive leave no stone unturned evaluation. >> dr. feldman respond...