This can then lead to further challenges of overdiagnosis and medicalization of those who participate in medical research.
But some dimensions of the medicalization of pregnancy do not directly involve medical interventions.
Medicalization of FGM/C refers to the procedure being performed in a medical setting, often by a doctor [ 17, 18].
But people tend to find the medicalization of mood and personality more distressing.
An informed minority opinion, especially among sociologists, believes that the medicalization of alcoholism is an error.
Dr. Frances's point about the medicalization of normal human emotions is well taken.
What I see here is a dangerous objectification — and maybe even medicalization — of the imagination.
This week in the magazine, Rachel Aviv looks at the medicalization of child-porn users and pedophiles.
Partly for this reason, the DSM was frequently criticized for its alleged "medicalization" of behaviours deemed undesirable.
Tiefer believes the medicalization of sex gives people an out -- a way to avoid the root cause of their sexual problems.
