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Chapter 18 Extra Credit

Chapter 18 Extra Credit

Q Define biomedicalization and discuss some of the potential errors that it has created with respect to care and research.

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Biomedicalization can be described as the first identifying the reason of mental disorders from a biological standpoint or giving biological causes precedence over psychological or social influences; and second, in the diagnosis as well as treatment of mental illness, prescribed medications or physical intervention strategies are regarded as the ideal method of care, with psychological or social treatments viewed ad unneeded.