Medicalisation

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Medicalisation is the how human experience becomes something that needs medical attention. There are pros and cons of this including the ‘need’ for medicine vs something that is being sold to us something that is unnecessary. I look at some examples in this episode and why it is something that needs consideration. Links: Ivan Illich: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/09/guardianobituaries.highereducation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/09/guardianobituaries.highereducation</a> Sadness vs depression?: <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953617302551#:~:text=Medicalization%20describes%20a%20process%20by,normal%20behavior%20into%20medical%20conditions." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953617302551#:~:text=Medicalization%20describes%20a%20process%20by,normal%20behavior%20into%20medical%20conditions.</a> A discussion on medicalisation: <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/04/scholars-discuss-medicalization-of-formerly-normal-characteristics" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/04/scholars-discuss-medicalization-of-formerly-normal-characteristics</a> The story behind PHQ-9 and assessing depression: <a href="https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/strange-history-of-a-depression-screening-tool/86457" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/strange-history-of-a-depression-screening-tool/86457</a> Lay referral: <a href="https://bjgp.org/content/49/445/617" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bjgp.org/content/49/445/617</a> THE HEALTH FIX (paperback version out Jan 24)!: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Transform-Your-Weeks/dp/1914239296" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-F

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