What is medicalization? Give an example of a condition or behavioral pattern that has been medicalized. What consequences has the medicalization of this condition likely to have had for the individuals who have received this diagnosis? Why are sociologists, including labeling theorists, concerned about the increasing trend toward medicalization within this society?
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