Medicalisation
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: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/dec/09/guardianobituaries.highereducation
Sadness vs depression?: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953617302551#:~:text=Medicalization%20describes%20a%20process%20by,normal%20behavior%20into%20medical%20conditions.
A discussion on medicalisation: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/04/scholars-discuss-medicalization-of-formerly-normal-characteristics
The story behind PHQ-9 and assessing depression: https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/strange-history-of-a-depression-screening-tool/86457
Lay referral: https://bjgp.org/content/49/445/617
THE HEALTH FIX (paperback version out Jan 24)!: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Transform-Your-Weeks/dp/1914239296https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Fix-Transform-Your-Weeks/dp/1914239296
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