‘All in your head’: when doctors misdiagnose autoimmune disease as psychosomatic

By Melanie Sloan, Researcher, Public Health, University of Cambridge

Feeling disbelieved when knowing that there is something very wrong with your body can have devastating and long-term consequences. One of the most obvious consequences is that you won’t get the correct treatment and support.

A study my colleagues and I conducted of over 3,000 people with autoimmune disease uncovered many extra long-lasting disadvantages when the misdiagnosis involved a mental health or psychosomatic label (often termed an “in your head” misdiagnosis by…

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