Under the total excuse for enjoying the career of Jane Asher and her connection to Paul, I post this fascinating detail from her family life. Largely because it is about her dear Dad.
Now it comes about that I have worked with several clients who it is my certain and firm belief had Münchausen's Syndrome and also the development of that which we now call Münchausen’s By Proxy which involves the use and abuse of others in the ‘cry for help’ often meted out upon children and/or other family members. I didn’t know Jane and Peter Asher’s Dad was so important. The man who worked with a claim to name this syndrome is a towering figuring in therapy and psychological development.
https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/richard-asher-munchausen-man/197
Nothing to “like” here, folks - just a tragic anniversary noted, FYI. The good doctor was the father of siblings Peter, Jane and Clare; he was also a noted physician, specializing in psychiatric maladies. In 1951, he coined the term “Münchausen syndrome” to describe patients who fabricated dramatic symptoms and illnesses for attention (as distinct from malingering, which entails hypochondria for a specific tactical goal).
Dr. Asher presided over the home on Wimpole Street in London, where he maintained an office for seeing patients. Paul resided in the attic there from 1964 through 1966; in the basement music room, he and John worked on songs, notably “I Want To Hold Your Hand.”
The doctor, hailed as an advanced thinker - ever critical of ideas accepted because they soothed, rather than being supported by empirical evidence - suffered from depression. He gave up his practice during the sixties. At the time his body was found (dead from an overdose of alcohol and barbiturates), he’d been missing for several days. He was 57.
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