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Countervailing medicalization: A relational approach to the medicalization of psychosis
SSM Qualitative Research in Health, 2022 This paper provides a relational analysis of the medicalization of prodromal psychosis, a period of low-level symptoms that might or might not escalate into an official psychotic disorder (e.g., schizophrenia).
Michael Halpin
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Medicalization of female genital mutilation in Egypt: Trends, drivers, and prospects for elimination. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthFemale genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation that continues to affect over 86% of women and girls in Egypt. While it has declined, the practice is increasingly medicalized posing a significant challenge to abandonment efforts.
Shatha Elnakib +7 more
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The medicalization of chronic pain
Tidsskrift for Forskning i Sygdom og Samfund, 2010 This paper presents an initial analysis of the medicalization of chronic pain, focusing on the definitions and treatment of chronic pain in recent decades. We identify several factors that contributed to this medicalization including the emergence of the
Peter Conrad, Vanessa Lopes Muñoz
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The medicalization of sleeplessness: Results of U.S. office visit outcomes, 2008–2015
SSM - Population Health, 2019 Previous analysis of U.S. physician office visits (1993–2007) indicated that the medicalization of sleeplessness was on the rise and had potentially negative implications for population health. Our study asks if the medicalization of sleeplessness at the
Máiréad Moloney +2 more
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Surveillance and Medicalization of Atypical Motor Development
Scandinavian Journal of Disability ResearchThis article theoretically and practically navigates the controversy of whether delayed motor development should be identified through large-scale screening and addressed through the healthcare system with a diagnosis of Developmental Coordination ...
Motohide Miyahara
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Medicalization Defined in Empirical Contexts – A Scoping Review [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2020 Background Medicalization has been a topic of discussion and research for over four decades. It is a known concept to researchers from a broad range of disciplines.
Wieteke van Dijk +4 more
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The medicalization of cannabis [PDF]
, 2010 Cannabis has been considered as both an illicit drug and a medicine throughout its history. Introduced to the UK as a medicine in the nineteenth century, its medical utility was limited and it was not until tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of the ...
Crowther, SM, Reynolds, LA, Tansey, EM
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Assessment of Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Low-risk Pregnancies: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery, 2022 Background: Medicalization may lead to over-testing during pregnancy and increased cesarean section (CS). This study investigated the medicalization of low-risk pregnancies and childbirths in Rasht, Iran.
Shadi Sabetghadam +4 more
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European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 2021 In this paper, my goal is to use an epistemic injustice framework to extend an existing normative analysis of over-medicalization to psychiatry and thus draw attention to overlooked injustices.
Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien
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Revista da ANPEGE, 2022 Researchers from several fields of knowledge have dedicated themselves to the investigation of the origins, materializations, and outcomes of the "medicalization" phenomenon.
João Henrique Santana Stacciarini +1 more
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