Im very intrigued by this psychiatric category apparently a residue from Freuds fantasies about patient health issues...Somatization disorders (the updated hysteria).
I understand that before MRI scans became prevalent - MS was regarded as Conversion/Somatization disorder...and even Cancer at one point...
Apparently any illness which is not explained by test results, or has a lot of symptoms confusing the Doctor, is a fair target for a diagnosis of Somatization...and it has taken a change/improvement in technology to shift an incorrect diagnosis...
Has anyone seen any good articles on this floating around, or examples of other illnesses historically mis-diagnosed into this category? Im trying to build up a narrative around this issue shedding a light on it, because it appears that the mistakes of the past are simply ignored and I didnt hear about an apology to the MS sufferers who were stigmatised int he 70s...but what I do see are articles in national newspapers about CFS and fear avoidance...
I understand that before MRI scans became prevalent - MS was regarded as Conversion/Somatization disorder...and even Cancer at one point...
Apparently any illness which is not explained by test results, or has a lot of symptoms confusing the Doctor, is a fair target for a diagnosis of Somatization...and it has taken a change/improvement in technology to shift an incorrect diagnosis...
Has anyone seen any good articles on this floating around, or examples of other illnesses historically mis-diagnosed into this category? Im trying to build up a narrative around this issue shedding a light on it, because it appears that the mistakes of the past are simply ignored and I didnt hear about an apology to the MS sufferers who were stigmatised int he 70s...but what I do see are articles in national newspapers about CFS and fear avoidance...