Medical and Mental Health Gaslighting and Iatrogenic Injury

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You are a woman and go to the emergency room with a severe cough and the ER doctor listens intently at first and acts nice. However, the physician sees on your record that you have a mental health condition or that you have complained about this same problem before.

Suddenly, the physician begins to act differently perhaps growing curt with you or telling you…