demedicalizing
Stripping medical framing
Demedicalizing is treating something as no longer primarily a medical issue.
Conditions once considered diseases or disorders get demedicalized when society reconceives them as normal variation or social problems rather than pathology: the movement toward demedicalizing gender nonconformity, demedicalizing childbirth by using midwives instead of obstetricians.
Releasing long-term patients systemwide
- healthcare reformChanges to medical systems
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- community-basedCentered on local groups
- advocacyPleading for a cause
activism · policy change · rights-based · disability justice · mad pride · anti-psychiatry · reform · decentralization
Adjusting to a standard
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- neurodiversityInnate cognitive differences concept
- body positivityAcceptance of all figures
- nonpathologicalNot relating to disease
reframing · destigmatization · variance · lived experience · self-acceptance · pride movements
Control over one's fate
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- agencyPower to act
- self-careMaintaining personal wellbeing
- self-managementGoverning oneself independently
patient-centered · consent · informed choice · bodily autonomy · self-advocacy · self-governance · reclaiming · ownership
Addressing interconnected wholes
- wellnessOverall state of health
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
- herbalRelating to medicinal plants
- acupunctureTherapeutic needle insertion
naturopathy · ayurveda · mindfulness · integrative · folk remedies · home remedies · peer support · community care
deinstitutionalization
Releasing long-term patients systemwide
- healthcare reformChanges to medical systems
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- community-basedCentered on local groups
advocacy · activism · policy change · rights-based · disability justice · mad pride · anti-psychiatry · reform · decentralization · accessibility
normalization
Adjusting to a standard
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- neurodiversityInnate cognitive differences concept
- body positivityAcceptance of all figures
nonpathological · reframing · destigmatization · variance · lived experience · self-acceptance · pride movements
self-determination
Control over one's fate
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- agencyPower to act
- self-careMaintaining personal wellbeing
self-management · patient-centered · consent · informed choice · bodily autonomy · self-advocacy · self-governance · reclaiming · ownership · independence
holistic
Addressing interconnected wholes
- wellnessOverall state of health
- complementaryMutually supplying lacks
- herbalRelating to medicinal plants
acupuncture · naturopathy · ayurveda · mindfulness · integrative · folk remedies · home remedies · peer support · community care · bodywork
demedicalizingmedicalizing
Reframing as disease
pathologizing · medicalization · diagnosing · overdiagnosing