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Medicine
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Misdiagnosed, Dismissed, and Running Out of Time

Autoimmune encephalitis frequently presents with psychiatric symptoms, causing diagnostic delays when patients are initially evaluated by non-neurological specialists rather than neurologists.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Inflamed Brain in Psychiatric Disorders

A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry identified a distinct subtype of psychiatric illness marked by brain inflammation, one that cuts across traditional diagnoses and may explain why standard treatments fail for some people (Tang et al., 2025).This new brain imaging study offers an interesting clue. It turns out that across different psychiatric disorders, some people show clear signs of brain inflammation, visible on scans and confirmed through immune system tests.
Mental health
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