Someone sent in this link to another tragic case where a valid medical condition was misdiagnosed, and the woman involved was committed to a psychiatric hospital for treatment of her non-existent mental disease. Unfortunately, the woman died a few short days after returning home of the very real disease she had contracted.
The woman's name is Sophia Mirza, and her full story can be read online here The medical condition is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and you can read more about this condition here.
The World Health Organisation has classified Myalgic Encephalomyelitis as a neurological illness, as defined by ICD-10-G93.3, separate from the psychological illnesses classified under ICD-10-F48
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The tragic psychiatric misdiagnosis of Sopis Mirza led to her death
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