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The Medicalisation of Life We live in an age where the old names for things are being replaced by 'new' medicalised ones. I just heard the term social phobia, there's a society for social phobics, they probably have a website, it used to be called shyness. There have always been shy people, but now they are to have their own medical condition, they aren't shy any more, they are social phobics or sufferers from social phobia! Badly behaved children are these days suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and rather than a smack they are put on drugs to 'cure' it. There are plenty more examples, I'm sure you have your own.

Contributed by Foolonthehill on March 5, 2008, at 12:25 PM UTC.

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