Allyson Bontempo, PhD
@acbontempo.bsky.social
Postdoc research fellow at Rutgers RWJMS | Patient-clinician communication. | #Diagnosis | #Invalidation | #Endometriosis | Stay curious.
Take a peek at this article about our new publication!
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When Doctors Dismiss Symptoms, Patients Suffer Lasting Harm
A Rutgers Health review of 151 studies finds that minimizing unexplained symptoms sparks shame, trauma and avoidance of care.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Take a peek at this article about our new publication!
www.rutgers.edu/news/when-do...
www.rutgers.edu/news/when-do...
Check out this super well written, well-researched article in the Smithsonian, for which I am grateful to have had the opportunity to be interviewed for: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
For Some Women With Serious Physical Ailments, Mental Illness Has Become a Scapegoat Diagnosis
Patients with difficult-to-diagnose conditions like endometriosis are often sent home with diagnoses like anxiety or bipolar disorder
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Check out this super well written, well-researched article in the Smithsonian, for which I am grateful to have had the opportunity to be interviewed for: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Have you ever felt your symptoms were dismissed by a doctor? Consider adopting my new term: symptom invalidation. 📚 Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 3, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Have you ever felt your symptoms were dismissed by a doctor? Consider adopting my new term: symptom invalidation. 📚 Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...