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Medicalisation costs $77 billion a year in US

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The direct cost of medicalisation of diseases such as anxiety disorders, behavioural disorders, body image, erectile dysfunction, infertility, obesity and sleep disorders has been found to be $77.1 billion per year in the US.

BMJ 2010;340:c2779

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