Medical gaslighting, a subtle yet harmful practice, involves dismissing or downplaying patients' concerns. While it can be challenging to identify, it disproportionately affects women and people of ...

You know that sinking feeling when you walk into a doctor's office and already know what's coming. Before you even describe your symptoms, before you explain what's been keeping you up at night, you ...

Melissa Geraghty, PsyD, a clinical health psychologist at the US Department of Defense, developed unexplained episodes of lower body paralysis at the age of 34. “I was told [by healthcare ...

Yesterday, I read an interesting article here on PT by Chris Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D. She discussed medical gaslighting, and how to deal with it. I have to admit, I'd never heard of medical gaslighting. I ...

Women deserve better from the United States healthcare system. Despite paying more for their care than those in comparably wealthy countries, American women have the highest rate of death from ...

“Gaslighting” is more than just a trendy buzzword. The concept has been around for decades. And mental health experts say it’s a psychological phenomenon that can have serious emotional implications ...

Frustration over medical gaslighting is heating up again, with more than 262 million views for #medicalgaslighting on TikTok. What we see in this stream of thousands of posts on social media are ...