Misdiagnosis And Schizophrenia

Originally published: Apr. 8 2021

Updated rarely

51% misdiagnosed according to one study 2019

Other studies 46% 23% 19% (most common) and 15% miss diagnose accuracy 

Schizo more accurate than schizoaffective

Voices and anxiety must likely miss, while TD (tardive dyskinesia) confirms

10% of people hear voices

Schizo checklist diagnosis at fault

Bi polar also hear voices, quite a few reasons you may hear voices such as stress, anxiety, lack of sleep, hunger, or prescribed medications or street drugs)

Panic attacks look similar to phychosis

4 to 28% of people experience phychotic symptoms. While 1% have schizo.

Also a non-schizophrenia diagnosis often turns into schizophrenia diagnosis about 25% usually from a phychosis non-specified, a drug induced phychosis, Or delusion disorder. Rarely could be bipolar, depression ADHD also? 

Misdiagnosis (orginally thought was schizo) by disorder

Anxiety disorder 6 (14% (half list for 81% accurate

Major depression 5 (12%

Bipolar I or II 4 (9%

Psychosis NOS 3 (7%

No diagnosis 1 (2%

Dysthymic disorder 1 type of mood disorder

Autism spectrum 1

Mood disorder NOS 1

Anxiety present odds of switching diaognosis from schizo 8.47 odds ratio (half this) (~75%) (Anxious patents often report hearing voices, this is different than schizo) (4.235 to 1 odds of not having schizophrenia)

Absence of TD was associated with switches from schizo diagnosis 7.11 odds ratio (high miss diagnose study (THIS TD STAT MIGHT BE WRONG)

TD present usually confirmed diagnosis (true statistic)

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Google drive links

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30849055/

https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?start=10&q=accuracy+of+diagnosing+schizophrenia+meta&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&as_vis=1#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DmlbffVV_dHAJ