Abstract Exorcism is flourishing once again in the Roman Catholic Church today. Discourse on topic has been influenced by publications of exorcists such as Malachi Martin and Gabriele Amorth. They claim biblical precedence commissioning for their duties seek to emphasise credentials interacting with modern medicine. At same time, they provide descriptions demonic possession which surpass even c...

In Medical Nemesis, 1 perhaps the most infl uential defi nition of medicalisation ever written, historian-philosopher Ivan Illich argued that by overextending its scientifi c and cultural authority, modern medicine had itself become a threat to health, a fount of " doctor infl icted injuries " and " iatrogenic disease ". 1 Although Illich's 1975 book focused mainly on the role of the medical pr...

Abstract Are mental disorders (autism, ADHD, schizophrenia) natural kinds or socially constructed categories? What is at stake if either of these views prove to be true? This paper offers a qualified defence for the view that there may disorder, but also implications this claim are generally overestimated. Especially concerns about over-inclusiveness diagnostic categories and medicalisation abn...