Psychiatric Times, by Heidi Anne Durerr, MPA 5/4/2021
Too often, the medical issues associated with traumatic brain injury are mistaken as psychiatric disorders, and patients are referred to psychiatrists for treatment, Gregory J. O’Shanick, MD, DLFAPA, told attendees of the 2021 American Psychiatric Association Virtual Annual Meeting.
O’Shanick, who is the medical director of the Center of Neurorehabilitation Services in Richmond, Virginia, urged psychiatrists to leverage their medical knowledge when assessing patients to determine when the diagnosis is a psychiatric disorder and when patients are presenting with medical mimics associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Full Article: Is it a Psychiatric Disorder or TBI Medical Mimic?