Undiagnosis: An important new role for psychiatry

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-109

  Patfield, Martyn ^a,b  

^a Greater Western Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; borderline personality disorder; medicalization; undiagnosis

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OLANZAPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 79953203980     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398562.2010.539226     Document Type: Short Survey

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