Thoughts of a Psychology Student

So after reading that Introversion has been included in the latest version of the DSM, I felt the need to write a post about it and write out my thoughts on the new term used in psychology: medicalisation. In James Davies new controversial book "Cracked: Why Psychiatry Is Doing More Harm Than Good", it explains that Medicalisation is the process by which more and more of our human characteristics are seen as needing medical explanation and treatment. In essence, it highlights the problem of psychiatry medicalising ordinary reactions and responses. A prime example of this is the issue of Introversion featuring in the DSM. For those of you that don't know, Introversion is a personality type. Online dictionaries define it as "a  person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things" or "t o concentrate one's interests upon oneself". Immediately however, this gives off a negative impression of int