Since the 1980s, the occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) as
trace environmental pollutants, originating primarily from consumer use and actions rather …

Background The successful diffusion of new drugs is crucial for both pharmaceutical
companies and patients—and of wider stakeholder concern, including for the funding of …

Objective: Clinicians, advocates, and policy makers have presented mental illnesses as
medical diseases in efforts to overcome low service use, poor adherence rates, and stigma …

Come si intuisce dal titolo, l'argomento del volume è la medicalizzazione della società,
mentre il sottotitolo contiene già la tesi:“sulla trasformazione delle condizioni umane in …

Background Dramatic changes have occurred in mental health treatments during the past
decade. Data on recent treatment patterns are needed to estimate the unmet need for …

Background Although the 1990s saw enormous change in the mental health care system in
the United States, little is known about changes in the prevalence or rate of treatment of …

Media, from television to the “new media”(including cell phones, iPads, and social media),
are a dominant force in children's lives. Although television is still the predominant medium …

Social scientists and other analysts have written about medicalization since at least the
1970s. Most of these studies depict the medical profession, interprofessional or …

Context An understudied crucial step in the help-seeking process is making prompt initial
contact with a treatment provider after first onset of a mental disorder. Objective To provide …

Context Antidepressants have recently become the most commonly prescribed class of
medications in the United States. Objective To compare sociodemographic and clinical …