Science News: Unscientific Diagnoses Medicalize Normal Human Experiences

01/05/22 • 32 min

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

01/05/22 • 32 min

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