Social Construction of Illness through Medicalization

Examine individual and societal implications of medicalization by analyzing the evolution of three conditions (pp. 299-300). For a total of four sources, find three peer-reviewed academic journal articles, in addition to the text, to support your discussion. Cite sources within your writing and in the reference list.

Introduce medicalization and the importance of the concept to understanding health and medicine in society.
Discuss three examples of the medicalization of a condition, using one peer-reviewed journal article for each.
Describe the reasons used to support or argue against the conditions medicalization.
Explain individual and societal implications of medicalizing this condition.
Present accepted solutions to the behavior. How do these solutions align with its medicalization?
Conclude with your thoughts and understanding of these conditions after viewing them through the social constructionist perspective of medicalization.

Please use attached text source along with outside sources.

Benokraitis, Nijole V. 2019. SOC 6: Introduction to Sociology. Boston, MA.

Must use Microsoft Word.
Must use APA as well as APA citations and a reference list.
Normal margins and 11pt Arial font