Human Trafficking, Mental Illness, and Addiction: Avoiding Diagnostic Overshadowing.
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DOI: 10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.1.ecas3-1701
Abstract: This article reviews an emergency department-based clinical vignette of a trafficked patient with co-occurring pregnancy-related, mental health, and substance use disorder issues. The authors, including a survivor of human trafficking, draw on their backgrounds in… read more here.
Keywords: addiction; trafficking mental; illness addiction; diagnostic overshadowing ... See more keywords
Diagnostic overshadowing: An evolutionary concept analysis on the misattribution of physical symptoms to pre‐existing psychological illnesses
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DOI: 10.1111/inm.13034
Abstract: ABSTRACT This evolutionary concept analysis explores the meaning of diagnostic overshadowing within the context of physical health care for individuals with mental illness. Diagnostic overshadowing, the misattribution of symptoms of one illness to an already… read more here.
Keywords: misattribution; diagnostic overshadowing; concept; evolutionary concept ... See more keywords
Postmortem Diagnostic Overshadowing: Reporting Cerebral Palsy on Death Certificates
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DOI: 10.1177/00221465221078313
Abstract: Postmortem diagnostic overshadowing—defined as inaccurately reporting a disability as the underlying cause of death—occurs for over half of adults with cerebral palsy. This practice obscures cause of death trends, reducing the effectiveness of efforts to… read more here.
Keywords: cause death; diagnostic overshadowing; postmortem diagnostic; death ... See more keywords
Diagnostic Overshadowing of the Psychiatric Population in the Emergency Department: Physiological Factors Identified for an Early Warning System
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DOI: 10.1177/1078390317728775
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Many people with mental disorders in the United States remain either medically untreated or inadequately treated, which is often attributed to diagnostic overshadowing, a common occurrence across the nation in emergency departments. OBJECTIVE: The… read more here.
Keywords: psychiatric population; tool; diagnostic overshadowing; emergency department ... See more keywords