• Science News: Unscientific Diagnoses Medicalize Normal Human Experiences

  • Jan 5 2022
  • Length: 32 mins
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Science News: Unscientific Diagnoses Medicalize Normal Human Experiences

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  • Peter Simons covers articles about the validity of psychiatric diagnoses, the medicalization of normal human experiences like grief, and how the pharmaceutical industry co-opts feminist messaging to gain approval for ineffective drugs.
    • Kenneth Kendler: “Implausible” That Psychiatric Diagnoses Even “Approximately True”
    • Neurobiological Explanations Can Foreclose Self-Understanding
    • Medicalizing Grief May Threaten Our Ability to Mourn
    • Research Reveals Mental Health Professionals’ Participation in Rape Culture
    • Why the FDA Approved Ineffective Drugs for Low Sexual Desire in Women
    • Overuse of Psychiatric Drugs is Worsening Public Mental Health, Doctor Argues
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