In this drive to medicalize, the one thing that doctors are most noted for -- giving drugs -- became focal, for emphasizing it would really make their work look medical.
Yes, an increasing number of women are "choosing" a cesarean, but when you medicalize pregnancy and labour, and don't offer reasonable alternatives, you create uncertainty and fear.
This is, in many respects, a positive development -- one that has enabled effective new drug treatments -- but have we gone too far in our efforts to medicalize psychiatry?
