10 Questions
According to the text, what is one potential problem of medicalization?
Medicalization individualizes and de-contextualizes behavioral problems.
What is one example of a broader context mentioned in the text?
Substance abuse as a coping strategy for some people living in chronic poverty.
What is one example of a broader context mentioned in the text?
Living in unsafe neighborhoods making it difficult to exercise.
According to the text, what is medicalization?
A process by which a nonmedical problem becomes defined and/or treated as a medical problem.
What is an example of a condition that has been medicalized according to the text?
ADHD
What are some consequences of medicalization?
Positive and negative consequences
According to the text, what percentage of children (3-17) were diagnosed with ADHD in 2018?
9.8%
According to the CDC study mentioned, what percentage of children with ADHD received both medication and behavioral interventions?
32%
According to the text, what did the 2017 U of Florida study find about young kids diagnosed with ADHD?
They were more likely to have learning disabilities.
According to Foucault, what is one danger of medicalization?
Doctors telling us what's normal/abnormal.
The Expanding Medical Gaze Quiz: Test your knowledge on the social construction of medicine, medicalization, and cultural brokerage. Be prepared to answer essay questions and demonstrate your understanding of ID and brief explanations, application, and examples. Don't forget to bring a scantron and a no. 2 pencil!
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