English

Verb

psychiatrize ‎(third-person singular simple present psychiatrizes, present participle psychiatrizing, simple past and past participle psychiatrized)

1. (transitive) To make psychiatric; to bring into the realm of psychiatry.
   • 1974, André Haïm, Adolescent suicide (page 48)

     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.

   • 2007, Charles Webel, Johan Galtung, Handbook of peace and conflict studies (page 61)

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

Hypernyms

• medicalize