BBC Radio 4 - The Medicalisation of Normality – John Naish - 2009

The Medicalisation of Normality – BBC Radio 4 -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jcjc5 

Health journalist John Naish asks if we are turning normal human behaviour and normal stages in human development into medical conditions. It is estimated that 10 per cent of British people take anti-depressants and 10 per cent of American children take Ritalin to control their behaviour. It seems that a new mental illness is invented every week, covering every potential quirk in the human condition, such as Restless Leg Syndrome, Social Anxiety Disorder, Female Sexual Dysfunction and Celebrity Worship Syndrome.