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

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par 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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