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Science News: Unscientific Diagnoses Medicalize Normal Human Experiences

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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