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For Some Women With Serious Physical Ailments, Mental Illness Has Become a Scapegoat Diagnosis
Patients with difficult-to-diagnose conditions like endometriosis are often sent home with diagnoses like anxiety or bipolar disorder
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Patients with difficult-to-diagnose conditions like endometriosis are often sent home with diagnoses like anxiety or bipolar disorder
