Exam 46: The Medicalization of Unhappiness, Ronald Wdworkin

Why does Dworkin believe it"s dangerous for the medical industry to blur the lines between everyday unhappiness and serious depression? What similarities do you see in medicalizing drug abuse and drug addiction?

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Dworkin believes it's dangerous for the medical industry to blur the lines between everyday unhappiness and serious depression because it can lead to overdiagnosis and overmedication. By medicalizing normal emotions and experiences, it can pathologize natural human responses to life events and create a culture of over-reliance on pharmaceutical solutions. This can also lead to the stigmatization of individuals who are simply experiencing normal levels of sadness or distress.

Similarly, medicalizing drug abuse and drug addiction can have similar consequences. By labeling all drug use as a medical problem, it can lead to overdiagnosis and overmedication, as well as stigmatization of individuals who may not actually have a medical condition. It can also shift the focus away from addressing the social and environmental factors that contribute to drug abuse and addiction, and instead rely solely on pharmaceutical interventions. This can ultimately be detrimental to individuals and society as a whole.

What does Dworkin argue is primarily responsible for the increased tendency to medicalize everyday unhappiness?

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According to Dworkin, medical science is increasingly unable to distinguish everyday unhappiness from ______.

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Dworkin notes that the tendency to mistakenly prescribe psychotropic medication in cases of routine unhappiness is due to ______.

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Dworkin argues that psychotropic medication such as Prozac effects brain functioning in a way similar to ______.

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Dworkin observes that antidepressant medication fails to ______.

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According to Dworkin, there is suspicion among doctors that the patients who receive psychotropic medications are ______.

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Exam 46: The Medicalization of Unhappiness, Ronald Wdworkin

Why does Dworkin believe it"s dangerous for the medical industry to blur the lines between everyday unhappiness and serious depression? What similarities do you see in medicalizing drug abuse and drug addiction?

What does Dworkin argue is primarily responsible for the increased tendency to medicalize everyday unhappiness?

According to Dworkin, medical science is increasingly unable to distinguish everyday unhappiness from ______.

Dworkin notes that the tendency to mistakenly prescribe psychotropic medication in cases of routine unhappiness is due to ______.

Dworkin argues that psychotropic medication such as Prozac effects brain functioning in a way similar to ______.

Dworkin observes that antidepressant medication fails to ______.

According to Dworkin, there is suspicion among doctors that the patients who receive psychotropic medications are ______.

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