Diagnostic Overshadowing and Other Challenges Involved in the Diagnostic Process of Patients with Mental Illness Who Present in Emergency Departments with Physical Symptoms – A Qualitative Study

We conducted a qualitative study in the Emergency Departments (EDs) of four hospitals in order to investigate the perceived scope and causes of ‘diagnostic overshadowing’ – the misattribution of physical symptoms to mental illness – and other challenges involved in the diagnostic process of people w...

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Autores principales: Shefer, Guy, Henderson, Claire, Howard, Louise M., Murray, Joanna, Thornicroft, Graham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25369130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111682

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25369130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111682

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