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How do social media trends lead to unrealistic patient expectations about treatment options?
Author(s)Austin Littrell
Key Takeaways
- Social media trends can lead to unrealistic patient expectations about treatment efficacy and availability, particularly in psychiatry.
- Rapid information dissemination on social media contributes to skewed patient perceptions through anecdotal success stories and unverified claims.
Richard W. Miller, MD, discusses how social media trends can result in misinformed patients.
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In an interview with Medical Economics, Richard W. Miller, MD, a psychiatrist with Elwyn Adult Behavioral Health in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, talked about the connection between social media trends and unrealistic patient expectations about treatment options.
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