3 ms·

Doctors being wrong is more common than hypochondriacs and overuse of the medical system? I guess we'll just agree to disagree.

• DoreenMichele 6y ago
  Doctors being dismissive, especially towards women and people of color, is excessively common. It's easily googled and it contributes to high mortality in some populations. Here is just one such article: https://www.oprahmag.com/life/health/a23100351/racial-bias-in-healthcare-black-women/ https://www.oprahmag.com/life/health/a23100351/racial-bias-i... I'm a woman and was called a hypochondriac until I got the right diagnosis at age 35. I'm skeptical that hypochondria is as common as people seem to think. I think people with real problems that aren't easily identified and being dismissed is probably far more common that actual psychosomatic illness. Probably somatopsychic illness is the real explanation in many of those cases.