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NO this cannot keep happening 👉 This article describes how 1 in 10 #children with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a severe #polio-like disease☝️...are first incorrectly told the symptoms are “all in their heads” + diagnosed w/ #somatiform disorders
For example, “When 7-year-old Bailey Sheehan arrived at a hospital in Oregon partially #paralyzed, a doctor said the girl was #faking her symptoms to get her parents' attention because she was jealous of her new baby sister 👉 Later, an #MRI showed she had Acute Flaccid Myelitis”
Dr. Allen Frances, former chair of psychiatry at the #Duke University School of #Medicine states 👉 “Mental #disorders become the default position to deal with medical uncertainty. It's widespread, and it's dangerous."
