1988
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954x.1988.tb00840.x
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Tranquillisers as a Social Problem

Abstract: This paper attempts to highlight the value of the ‘social problem’ perspective for the sociology of health and illness by applying it to the issue of tranquilliser use and dependence. The approach involves focusing on the emergence of benzodiazepine tranquilliser dependence as a social problem and the extent to which it has been legitimated by the media and by the state. In the conclusion we draw out the implications of our case study for the development of a ‘natural history’ of social problems.

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“…Two indications of this are the public outcry over the prescribing of minor tranquillisers (Gabe and Bury 1988) and the rise of a vociferous new social movement opposed to modem psychiatric theory and practice (Rogers and Pilgrim 1991). These legitimation problems partly relate to psychiatry's margin-alised position within medicine itself, which it has tried to overcome by developing strategies to warrant its role as a specialty.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Two indications of this are the public outcry over the prescribing of minor tranquillisers (Gabe and Bury 1988) and the rise of a vociferous new social movement opposed to modem psychiatric theory and practice (Rogers and Pilgrim 1991). These legitimation problems partly relate to psychiatry's margin-alised position within medicine itself, which it has tried to overcome by developing strategies to warrant its role as a specialty.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In films such as 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest' and, more recently, 'An Angel At My Table' both physical treatments and inpatient regimes are depicted negatively. Similarly, newspaper coverage of minor tranquillisers has tended to present antimedical images, with over-prescription, addiction and side effects being highlighted (Gabe and Bury 1988).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Les médias ont joué un rôle central dans le façonnement de l'opinion publique au sujet de la dépendance aux tranquillisants (Gabe et Bury, 1988;Bury et Gabe, 1990;Gabe et al, 1991), comme ils l'ont fait pour d'autres questions de santé (Stallings, 1990). Dans le cas de l'Halcion, ils ont fourni un véhicule pour les diverses expertises publicisées et ils ont augmenté l'intérêt au sujet des risques impliqués dans l'utilisation de ce traitement médical.…”
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“…Nous avons testé l'hypothèse selon laquelle les habitudes de prescription des I médecins expliquent une partie importante de cette observation. Nous démontrons, à • l'aide des données de la Régie de l'assurance-maladie du Québec pour les personnes L es psychotropes (tranquillisants, sédatifs et somnifères) font partie des médicaments les plus communément prescrits dans les pays industrialisés (Allard et al, 1995;Gabe et Bury, 1988;Gabe et Williams, 1986;Ghodse et Khan, 1988 ;King, 1992;Laurier et al, 1990;Lennard et Cooperstock, 1980;Marks, 1988;Waldron, 1977;Wells et al, 1985;Williams, 1980). La prévalence de cette consommation excède systémati-quement la prévalence des troubles mentaux pour lesquels ils sont indiqués.…”
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