ReviewBMJ quality & safety2024
Diagnostic error in mental health: a review.
Review in BMJ quality & safety, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A systematic review of methylome-wide associations with anxiety disorders.Translational psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
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- Methodological guidance on clinical prediction models in mental health research.Psychological medicine · 2026Review
- Prevalence of mental disorders in people with intellectual disabilities across the lifespan: umbrella review.BJPsych open · 2026Review
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- Prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Psychiatric Outpatients (PRADO Study): A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in Japan.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Article
- Recruitment strategies and participant motivations in a digital randomized controlled trial for the prevention of anxiety disorders: the prevANS study.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Power without limits: exploring emotional regulation, moral authority, and psychiatric overreach through theFrontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Diagnostic Pitfalls in psychiatry: misdiagnosed psychosis in a patient with intellectual disability: a case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Vulnerabilities in Indian Psychiatry: A Martha Mitchell Effect Perspective.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Enhanced large language models for effective screening of depression and anxiety.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Across Barriers: Blood-Brain and Gut Barrier Signaling in Psychiatric Disorders.Journal of neurochemistry · 2025Review
- Trade-offs between machine learning and deep learning for mental illness detection on social media.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Diagnostic inequalities relating to physical healthcare among people with mental health conditions: a systematic review.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
Diagnostic errors are associated with patient harm and suboptimal outcomes. Despite national scientific efforts to advance definition, measurement and interventions for diagnostic error, diagnosis in mental health is not well represented in this ongoing work. We aimed to summarise the current state of research on diagnostic errors in mental health and identify opportunities to align future research with the emerging science of diagnostic safety. We review conceptual considerations for defining and measuring diagnostic error, the application of these concepts to mental health settings, and the methods and subject matter focus of recent studies of diagnostic error in mental health. We found that diagnostic error is well understood to be a problem in mental healthcare. Although few studies used clear definitions or frameworks for understanding diagnostic error in mental health, several studies of missed, wrong, delayed and disparate diagnosis of common mental disorders have identified various avenues for future research and development. Nevertheless, a lack of clear consensus on how to conceptualise, define and measure errors in diagnosis will pose a barrier to advancement. Further research should focus on identifying preventable missed opportunities in the diagnosis of mental disorders, which may uncover generalisable opportunities for improvement.
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