medical conditions that mimic psychiatric diseases

Medical conditions, medications, and drugs abuse can mimic psychiatric diseases. Comment about it and the importance of making laboratory tests on a patient before you start treatment on a patient with anxiety. CBC, CMP, Tyroid hormone levels, drug abuse [drug test to descartate it as cause of anxiety] etc..

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