Editorial: Psychiatrization of society

Timo Beeker; Anna Witeska-Młynarczyk; Sanne Te Meerman; China Mills

doi:10.3389/fsoc.2023.1258264

Editorial: Psychiatrization of society

Front Sociol. 2023 Oct 11:8:1258264. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1258264. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Timo Beeker¹, Anna Witeska-Młynarczyk², Sanne Te Meerman³, China Mills⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Brandenburg Medical School, Immanuel Klinik Rüdersdorf, Rüdersdorf, Germany.
² Institute of Sociology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
³ Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
⁴ Health Services Research and Management Division, School of Health Sciences, City University of London, London, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: health system research; medicalization; overdiagnosis; pharmaceuticalization; psychiatric epidemiology; psychiatric ethics; psychiatrization.

Publication types

Editorial