Do my feelings fit the diagnosis? Avoiding misdiagnoses in psychosomatic consultation services.
Elias SeidlOtmar SeidlPublished in: Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (2021)
This study highlights the nonrational elements of the diagnostic process. In the context of psychosomatic consultation services, introspection and intuitive thought processes are helpful in identifying misdiagnoses. Self-satisfaction (availability bias) and overconfidence (confirmation bias) are most likely to result in misdiagnoses.