Revising a diagnosis of functional neurological disorder—a case report, 2020, Berry and Weithoff

[Mithriel]

When I came across this publication, I was somewhat worried that my assessment of it, "we gave the wrong diagnosis, then found the right diagnosis, but we were right all along anyway for (dubious) reasons" was somehow missing the point. Given the responses from others, I'm feeling more confident that I got it right in the first place, as well as angry that this sort of thing goes on.

Andy, I have that experience too. It is impossible to believe that anyone with any sense can look at these papers and not see the flaws so you think it must be your own interpretation that is wrong.

I wonder if that is how they get away with it. These papers often have lots of jargon and numbers with lots of scientific looking results so anyone reading in it in a peer reviewed journal thinks it must be over their heads as it can't be as stupid as it looks or someone else would have noticed.