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    Mental Ill Health, Public Health and Medicalization
    with A. Vilhelmsson and T. Svensson
    Public Health Ethics 4 (3): 207-217. 2011.
    WHO suggests mental ill health in terms of depression to be the highest ranking disease problem in the developed world in 2020–2030 and claims a public health approach to be the most appropriate response. But some argue that the alarming reports on mental ill health have their ground in the methods of inquiry themselves and refer to medicalization as an important issue. The aim of this article is to explore and illuminate the issue of what is meant by mental health and mental ill health and what…Read more