Meaning of psychiatrize | Babel Free

Definitions

To make psychiatric; to bring into the realm of psychiatry.

transitive

Examples

“On the other hand it is just as important not to psychiatrize youth as a whole, to avoid over-hasty interference that will run counter to the aim in view by 'freezing' or even preventing the progressive spontaneous process.”

“The mediator may be tempted to: • Psychiatrize the parties, labelling them as mentally ill.”

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