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Depression: the ambivalence of diagnosis
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posted on 2023-06-07, 20:57 authored by Renata Kokanovic, Gillian Bendelow, Brigid PhilipThe diagnosis of depression in the clinical context is extremely controversial and is subject to criticism of over-medicalisation and pharmaceuticalisation. Depression can be conceptualised across the entire spectrum of lay and medical belief, from the ‘normal’ highs and lows of the human condition to its inclusion in the dominant Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders classificatory system, as a form of serious mental illness. In this context, a better understanding of how people describe, experience, negotiate and participate in the process of diagnosis is needed. This article draws on qualitative interviews to explore lay accounts of being diagnosed with depression. The findings reveal that lay accounts of depression vacillate in and out of the medicalised discourse of depression, highlighting the limitations of the biomedical approach to diagnosis and treatment
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Sociology of Health and IllnessISSN
0141-9889Publisher
Blackwell PublishingExternal DOI
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3Volume
35Page range
377-390Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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Early View. To revisit to add pub detail. TH 31/01/13Full text available
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2013-01-31First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2013-02-05Usage metrics
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