Essays about: "Malin Lorensson"

Found 1 essay containing the words Malin Lorensson.

  1. 1. Diagnostic Powers : What a new diagnosis tells us about current workings of medicine.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Malin Lorensson; [2016]
    Keywords : Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; PMDD; Biomedicalisation; Biopower; Contested Diagnosis;

    Abstract : This essay researches current workings of medicine in relation to contested, female diagnoses. This is made by looking at the construction of the new psychological diagnosis Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) in Swedish media, and relating it to a current trend seen in medicine; to medicalize women’s underperformance. READ MORE