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pnwmom

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8. The psychologist (not psychiatrist) who first "diagnosed" her has written a paper claiming

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 07:17 PM

Jun 2014

that HALF of children with unexplained medical illnesses actually have a somatic disorder. So she had a bias going in.

And Justina, of course, didn't even have an unexplained disorder. She had been clinically diagnosed by the metabolic specialists at Tufts with the same metabolic disorder her older sister had.

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Justina Pelletier, the teen with the mitochondrial disorder, has been freed to return home. [View all] pnwmom Jun 2014 OP

It's about time. LisaL Jun 2014 #1

The definition of that disorder is so broad that many cancer patients could have it, pnwmom Jun 2014 #2

But in a case where a patient has somatoform on top of cancer or diabetes, no doctor LisaL Jun 2014 #12

I would hope not. But what if a psychiatrist thought that the parent pnwmom Jun 2014 #13

I'm thinking the fact she's now paralyzed with no feeling below the waist riderinthestorm Jun 2014 #22

Good news! octoberlib Jun 2014 #3

Yes! Finally! pnwmom Jun 2014 #4

It's about time x a bazillion. hedda_foil Jun 2014 #5

And removing a child from the parents because parents didn't agree with the psychological diagnosis. LisaL Jun 2014 #6

The psychologist (not psychiatrist) who first "diagnosed" her has written a paper claiming pnwmom Jun 2014 #8

So, will they pull the psychiatrist's license for malpractice and quackery? Xipe Totec Jun 2014 #7

We haven't heard the end of this. The father sounds determined to sue. n/t pnwmom Jun 2014 #9

My understanding it wasn't even a psychiatrist who came up with a diagnosis, but a psychologist. LisaL Jun 2014 #10

That's what I understand, too. But the psychiatrists accepted it. nt pnwmom Jun 2014 #11

It should have never gotten to this point Rider3 Jun 2014 #14

I am working on one of the campaigns for Governor up here. iandhr Jun 2014 #15

Who are you working for? LiberalCatholic Jun 2014 #17

I am working for Grossman. iandhr Jun 2014 #21

jeez. i might have been ripped from family if i was around now. i had a tendency to bruise. pansypoo53219 Jun 2014 #16

In recent years, Boston Children's has been involved in a few other similar cases. pnwmom Jun 2014 #18

and it's about freakin' time!!! magical thyme Jun 2014 #19

Yes, DCF finally did give up. LisaL Jun 2014 #20