title: Psychiatric diagnostic error.
abstract: Although the problems of distinguishing between psychogenic and somatogenic disorders are not new, they have received meager attention in the context of routine psychiatric intake procedures. Given the multitude of medical disorders that produce psychiatric symptoms, and are often confused with psychiatric illness, more sophisticated diagnostic methods are needed. This article explores some of these illnesses and methodologies for decreasing the incidence of psychiatric diagnostic error.
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*