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An example of iatrogenesis is a decrease in the level of tolerance for psychological sadness, which we know as depression.

Horwitz A, Wakefield J. The Medicalization of Sadness. Salute e Società 2009;8:49–66.

Since medicalization is the social process through which a condition becomes a medical disease in need of treatment, medicalization can be viewed as a benefit to human society. Upon identification of a condition as a disease, certain symptoms and conditions can be treated, and this will improve the overall quality of life.