Recent decades have witnessed the increased emergence and global application of medicalized meanings and practices related to mental health, with cases of contestation, adoption, as well as resistance observed. Such globalization raises a number of important sociological questions about the nature and consequences of such practices, as well as what they might mean for the changing nature of medicalization. Focusing on a classic case within medicalization studies, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, this paper reviews existing insights on medicalization and mental health diagnosis and treatment in global context, future lines of inquiry, and related challenges.

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全球背景下的医疗化：通过 ADHD 案例得出的当前见解、紧迫问题和未来方向


近几十年来，与心理健康相关的医学意义和实践越来越多地出现并在全球范围内得到应用，并观察到争议、采用和抵制的案例。这种全球化引发了许多重要的社会学问题，涉及此类做法的性质和后果，以及它们对医疗化性质的变化可能意味着什么。本文重点关注医学化研究中的一个经典案例——注意力缺陷多动障碍，回顾了全球背景下医学化和心理健康诊断和治疗的现有见解、未来的研究方向和相关挑战。