The Expanding Medical Gaze

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True or false: ADHD is over-diagnosed in children and adolescents.

True

True or false: Kids with ADHD need both medication and behavior therapies.

True

True or false: Medicalization is a form of social control.

True

True or false: Medicalization is a form of social control.

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True or false: Medicalization leads to individualizing and de-contextualizing behavioral problems.

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True or false: Medicalization can bring about powerful biomedical solutions.

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True or false: Medicalization does not have any potential dangers.

False Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization refers to the process by which a medical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a nonmedical problem.

False Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The expansion of medical jurisdiction includes realms of social, cultural, and behavioral issues.

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True or false: ADHD was initially defined as 'Minimal brain damage' and later expanded to include symptoms like 'difficulty concentrating on schoolwork' and 'acts before thinking'.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The number of children diagnosed with ADHD has decreased over the years.

False Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Over-medication is a concern for kids with ADHD.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization can lead to the individualization of behavioral problems.

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True or false: Medicalization is always beneficial for patients.

False Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization can lead to de-contextualizing behavioral problems.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization can be a form of social control.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization can provide cultural and material resources for patients.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The concept of medicalization refers to the process by which a nonmedical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a medical problem?

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The expansion of the medical category of ADHD from 'Minimal brain damage' to ADD and ADHD was driven by the expansion of medical jurisdiction into social, cultural, and behavioral issues?

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization can lead to the individualizing and de-contextualizing of behavioral problems?

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The number of children diagnosed with ADHD has increased over the years.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization can lead to the individualization of behavioral problems.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization is always beneficial for patients.

False Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization refers to the process by which a nonmedical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a medical problem?

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The expansion of the medical category of ADHD from 'Minimal brain damage' to ADD and ADHD was driven by the expansion of medical jurisdiction into social, cultural, and behavioral issues?

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The concept of medicalization refers to the process by which a medical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a nonmedical problem?

False Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization can lead to the over-medication of children with ADHD?

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization refers to the process by which a nonmedical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a medical problem?

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization can provide cultural and material resources for patients?

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Medicalization is always beneficial for patients?

False Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes medicalization?

The process by which a nonmedical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a medical problem Signup and view all the answers

What drove the expansion of the medical category of ADHD from 'Minimal brain damage' to ADD and ADHD?

Expansion of medical jurisdiction into social, cultural, and behavioral issues Signup and view all the answers

What are the potential positive and negative consequences of medicalization?

Increased access to biomedical solutions and improved patient outcomes Signup and view all the answers

According to recent studies, what is the trend in the number of children diagnosed with ADHD from 1997 to 2018?

The number of children diagnosed with ADHD has increased. Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of children with ADHD received both medication and behavioral interventions according to a CDC study?

About 32% Signup and view all the answers

What did a 2017 U of Florida study find about the likelihood of young kids with ADHD taking multiple mental health drugs?

A 40% chance that a 3-year-old diagnosed with ADHD would end up taking three kinds of mental health drugs by the age of 8. Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a potential problem of medicalization, according to Conrad?

Bringing about powerful biomedical solutions Signup and view all the answers

What is the broader context that needs to be addressed in the case of obesity, according to the text?

Lack of access to healthy food and lack of time Signup and view all the answers

What is the broader context that needs to be addressed in the case of addiction, according to the text?

Chronic poverty and structural solutions Signup and view all the answers

What does Foucault argue about medicalization?

It is a form of social control Signup and view all the answers

The Expanding Medical Gaze

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Questions and Answers

True or false: ADHD is over-diagnosed in children and adolescents.

True or false: Kids with ADHD need both medication and behavior therapies.

True or false: Medicalization is a form of social control.

True or false: Medicalization is a form of social control.

True or false: Medicalization leads to individualizing and de-contextualizing behavioral problems.

True or false: Medicalization can bring about powerful biomedical solutions.

True or false: Medicalization does not have any potential dangers.

True or false: Medicalization refers to the process by which a medical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a nonmedical problem.

True or false: The expansion of medical jurisdiction includes realms of social, cultural, and behavioral issues.

True or false: ADHD was initially defined as 'Minimal brain damage' and later expanded to include symptoms like 'difficulty concentrating on schoolwork' and 'acts before thinking'.

True or false: The number of children diagnosed with ADHD has decreased over the years.

True or false: Over-medication is a concern for kids with ADHD.

True or false: Medicalization can lead to the individualization of behavioral problems.

True or false: Medicalization is always beneficial for patients.

True or false: Medicalization can lead to de-contextualizing behavioral problems.

True or false: Medicalization can be a form of social control.

True or false: Medicalization can provide cultural and material resources for patients.

True or false: The concept of medicalization refers to the process by which a nonmedical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a medical problem?

True or false: The expansion of the medical category of ADHD from 'Minimal brain damage' to ADD and ADHD was driven by the expansion of medical jurisdiction into social, cultural, and behavioral issues?

True or false: Medicalization can lead to the individualizing and de-contextualizing of behavioral problems?

True or false: The number of children diagnosed with ADHD has increased over the years.

True or false: Medicalization can lead to the individualization of behavioral problems.

True or false: Medicalization is always beneficial for patients.

True or false: Medicalization refers to the process by which a nonmedical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a medical problem?

True or false: The expansion of the medical category of ADHD from 'Minimal brain damage' to ADD and ADHD was driven by the expansion of medical jurisdiction into social, cultural, and behavioral issues?

True or false: The concept of medicalization refers to the process by which a medical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a nonmedical problem?

True or false: Medicalization can lead to the over-medication of children with ADHD?

True or false: Medicalization refers to the process by which a nonmedical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a medical problem?

True or false: Medicalization can provide cultural and material resources for patients?

True or false: Medicalization is always beneficial for patients?

Which of the following best describes medicalization?

What drove the expansion of the medical category of ADHD from 'Minimal brain damage' to ADD and ADHD?

What are the potential positive and negative consequences of medicalization?

According to recent studies, what is the trend in the number of children diagnosed with ADHD from 1997 to 2018?

What percentage of children with ADHD received both medication and behavioral interventions according to a CDC study?

What did a 2017 U of Florida study find about the likelihood of young kids with ADHD taking multiple mental health drugs?

Which of the following is NOT a potential problem of medicalization, according to Conrad?

What is the broader context that needs to be addressed in the case of obesity, according to the text?

What is the broader context that needs to be addressed in the case of addiction, according to the text?

What does Foucault argue about medicalization?

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