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Author Klonoff, Elizabeth A.

Title Preventing misdiagnosis of women : a guide to physical disorders that have psychiatric symptoms / Elizabeth A. Klonoff, Hope Landrine
Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1997]
©1997

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Description xxix, 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Women's mental health and development ; v. 1
Women's mental health and development ; v. 1
Contents Introduction: A Case of Borderline Personality Disorder? -- 1. The Endocrinological System -- 2. Thyroid Disorders: Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism -- 3. Adrenal, Pituitary, and Parathyroid Disorders --4. Introduction to Seizure Disorders -- 5. Brain Anatomy and Localization of Function -- 6. Generalized and Simple Focal Seizures -- 7. Complex Partial Seizure Disorder: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy -- 8. Multiple Sclerosis and Mitral Valve Prolapse -- 9. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Other Disorders -- 10. Interacting With Medical Specialists: A Practical Guide -- 11. Conclusions -- App. A. The Relationship Between Various Psychiatric Disorders and Physical Disorders to be Considered -- App. B. Questions to Ask Patients to Rule Out Physical Disorders and Quick Symptom Guide
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Diagnostic errors.
Mental illness -- Physiological aspects.
Psychiatric errors.
Psychological manifestations of general diseases.
Women -- Mental health.
Affective Symptoms -- diagnosis.
Diagnosis, Differential.
Disease -- psychology.
Mental Disorders -- diagnosis.
Mental Disorders -- etiology.
Women's Health.
Author Landrine, Hope, 1954-
LC no. 96025183
ISBN 0761900462 (cloth : alk. paper)
0761900470 (paperback: alk. paper)