#medicalisation — Public Fediverse posts

The disintegration of liberalism and 'postliberal disillusionment'

* "That sound you hear is not the world ending – it’s liberalism being monstered liberalism. Liberalism defines almost our entire social and political order in the west."

"Broad, deep, relentless. And what matters most is the compounding effect: a near-constant sense of crisis in almost every sphere of life."

“... It is the vehicle for this fury that is directed towards the major parties because of this very long sense of neglect and social economic disempowerment that has become so profound."

"It turns out most of us no longer believe in progress...When people stop believing in progress, it quickly becomes a crisis for societies like ours. Our political order was built on the promise of expanding wealth and greater control over our lives. It said we could dream big, then pursue those dreams, and that if we didn’t achieve them, maybe our children would."

"As disillusionment sets in, there is no shortage of culprits. One possibility is to tell a story about capitalism, which generates gaping inequalities and destroys the planet." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/07/waleed-aly-time-of-monsters-future-liberalism-essay

* The medicalisation of social problems is the sociological process by which everyday human experiences, behaviors, and societal challenges come to be defined, labeled, and treated as medical conditions or disorders

* "Post-traumatic embitterment disorder
is a pathological response to a single adverse life event perceived by the affected individual as a serious insult, humiliation, or injustice."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-traumatic_embitterment_disorder
#liberalism #progress #CoreValues #inequality #injustice #experiences #disintegration #disillusionment #failure #democracy #erosion #CommonGood #decline #ressentiment #fury #medicalisation #PostliberalDisillusionment #retrograde #PostLiberalism #polycrisis

"This young koala has a mental health problem."
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#Biodiversity #koalas #habitat #NSWLogging #medicalisation #MentalHealth #YoungPeople #FossilFuels #future

Avec l’avancée de la maladie, les besoins de médicalisation se font de plus en plus ressentir. Avec les besoins en médicaments bien sûr, mais aussi avec les équipements liés à la perte de la motricité : fauteuil roulant, chaise de douche, ou encore dispositifs de transfert. Si on peut parfois trouver des astuces d’organisation ou fabriquer ce dont on a besoin, il est souvent plus pratique, voire indispensable d’aller chercher du côté du matériel spécialisé. Ces équipements sont vite très cher, et s’installent progressivement dans notre espace de vie, en le transformant.

Dans cet épisode, je raconte cette évolution, les choix que l’on fait, et les questions que cela peut amener.

https://lecridelagirafe.org/son/qmpp-s02e06-la-medicalisation/

#podcast #ConseilPodcast #QMPP #procheAidant #medicalisation

Drug-use and harm reduction: what does it look like?

https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/01/15/drug-use-and-harm-reduction-what-does-it-look-like/

#MentalHealthTreatmentRights #AddictionTreatmentRights #AutisticWellbeing #pathologisation #neurodiversity #medicalisation #neurodivergent #MentalHealth #substanceuse #substances #Addiction #framework #pathology #reduction #substance #Society #druguse #meaning #medical #Trauma #health #mental #threat #model #power #drug #harm #use

Standard procedure for kids that can't deal with school: referral to child psychiatry, neuropsychiatric assessment, neuropsychiatric diagnosis and medication.

Procedures almost never seen: (1) an attempt to understand the kid and adapt the environment to make things work, (2) holistic perspective involving the kid's entire world, not only school.

This is what #medicalisation looks like.