Woolie
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Not sure quite where to post this. I'm working on a paper about psychological explanations of illness. Right now, I'm particularly keen to know of any studies that document negative practical consequences for those that have been misdiagnosed with a psychogenic disorder.
The kinds of cases most likely to be useful here are those where a later diagnosis was made that made a clear mockery of the original psychogenic diagnosis. I'm suspecting the best cases to be things when the final diagnosis was MS, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis or degenerative neurological disease. But they might be found anywhere, really.
Those consequences could be:
- delay in receiving the final correct diagnosis (person's medical history says "beware, somatisizer!", so everyone drags their heels)
- delay in receiving appropriate treatment
- institutionalisation
- denial of practical or financial support
- anything else relevant.
@Sidereal, @chipmunk1, @alex3619, @PeterPositive, @A.B., @Cheshire, or anyone else, any ideas?
The kinds of cases most likely to be useful here are those where a later diagnosis was made that made a clear mockery of the original psychogenic diagnosis. I'm suspecting the best cases to be things when the final diagnosis was MS, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis or degenerative neurological disease. But they might be found anywhere, really.
Those consequences could be:
- delay in receiving the final correct diagnosis (person's medical history says "beware, somatisizer!", so everyone drags their heels)
- delay in receiving appropriate treatment
- institutionalisation
- denial of practical or financial support
- anything else relevant.
@Sidereal, @chipmunk1, @alex3619, @PeterPositive, @A.B., @Cheshire, or anyone else, any ideas?