Medicalisation - how we medicalise normal life

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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