#medical-gaslighting

#medical-gaslighting

In 2025, the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) produced a ranked list of 10 threats to patient care. At the top of the list was "Dismissing patient, family, and caregiver concerns." In a survey done by HealthCentral, they found that over 94 percent of their survey-takers felt that "their doctors have ignored or dismissed their symptoms." More than 61 percent of respondents reported that their doctors "blamed them for their symptoms or made them feel like they were crazy."