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Medical-Student Syndrome

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Phenomenon where doctors in training misdiagnose themselves with disorders they study, applied to laypeople diagnosing their spouses based on oversimplified psychology from social media.

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"Finding words to describe a loved one's frustrating behavior can feel clarifying, but it can also become a form of 'medical-student syndrome,' Morley said, referring to the phenomenon in which doctors in training misdiagnose themselves with the disorders they study. Instead of learning the textbook "
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