Question 1

According to Dworkin, medical science is increasingly unable to distinguish everyday unhappiness from ______.&#10;A)Schizophrenia&#10;B)Clinical depression&#10;C)Bipolar disorder&#10;D)anxiety attacks

Accepted Answer

Dworkin argues that the line between everyday unhappiness and clinical depression is becoming increasingly blurred due to medical science's evolving understanding of mental health conditions.

Question 2

Dworkin notes that the tendency to mistakenly prescribe psychotropic medication in cases of routine unhappiness is due to ______.&#10;A)Over-reliance on primary care physicians&#10;B)Fear of stigma by family and friends&#10;C)Dominance of psychiatric science&#10;D)Mass-market advertising

Accepted Answer

Over-reliance on primary care physicians&#10;

Question 3

What does Dworkin argue is primarily responsible for the increased tendency to medicalize everyday unhappiness?&#10;A)Market forces&#10;B)The DSM&#10;C)Antidepressant medication&#10;D)Biochemical forces&#10;E)Erosion of cultural traditions

Accepted Answer

Dworkin argues that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) plays a key role in the medicalization of everyday unhappiness by categorizing various forms of what might be considered normal sadness or unhappiness as psychiatric disorders, thereby encouraging a medical approach to these conditions.

Question 4

Dworkin argues that psychotropic medication such as Prozac effects brain functioning in a way similar to ______.&#10;A)Alcohol use&#10;B)Antipsychotic drugs&#10;C)A religious experience&#10;D)Cognitive-behavior therapy&#10;E)Caffeine use

Accepted Answer

Alcohol use, like psychotropic medication, can alter brain functioning and affect mood and behavior.

Question 5

Dworkin observes that antidepressant medication fails to ______.&#10;A)Increase brain production of serotonin&#10;B)Increase brain production of dopamine&#10;C)Address the 'cosmetic psychopharmacology&#34; conundrum&#10;D)Address external circumstances of unhappiness&#10;E)All of the above

Accepted Answer

Antidepressant medication primarily targets brain chemistry and may not address external circumstances or situational factors contributing to a person's unhappiness.

Question 6

According to Dworkin, there is suspicion among doctors that the patients who receive psychotropic medications are ______.&#10;A)The most mental disturbed of all patients&#10;B)The most physically sick patients&#10;C)The ones that complain the loudest&#10;D)The ones that have to most money

Accepted Answer

Dworkin suggests that there is a suspicion among doctors that patients who receive psychotropic medications are often those who complain the loudest, rather than those who may be the most in need based on clinical assessments. This reflects concerns about the influence of patient demands on treatment decisions.

Question 7

Why does Dworkin believe it&#34;s dangerous for the medical industry to blur the lines between everyday unhappiness and serious depression? What similarities do you see in medicalizing drug abuse and drug addiction?

Accepted Answer

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Deck 46: The Medicalization of Unhappiness, Ronald Wdworkin