medicalise
Turn into diagnosis
Medicalise is the British spelling of medicalize—to treat something as a medical condition requiring diagnosis or treatment.
Critics argue that society medicalises normal human experiences: We've medicalised childhood shyness into social anxiety disorder.
The process often involves pharmaceutical solutions for what were once considered ordinary variations in mood, behavior, or aging.
Cast as illness
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
- disorderAbsence of organization
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- devianceDeparture from accepted standards
condition · syndrome · illness · disease · ailment · malady · affliction · impairment
Medical treatment facility
- physicianLicensed medical doctor
- clinicOutpatient treatment facility
- patientAble to wait calmly
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
consultation · symptom · screening · assessment · evaluation · prognosis · laboratory · imaging
Curative mental treatment
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- pharmacotherapyTreatment using pharmaceutical agents
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
dosage · cure · remedy · rehabilitation · management · surgery · physiotherapy · chemotherapy
Contractual risk coverage
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
policy · accreditation · credentialing · professionalization · gatekeeping · authority · jurisdiction · licensing
Finding harmless conditions unnecessarily
- hypochondriaExcessive illness worry
- overtreatmentExcessive medical intervention
- overutilizationExcessive consumption of resources
- polypharmacyUsing numerous drugs concurrently
pathologize
Cast as illness
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
- disorderAbsence of organization
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
deviance · condition · syndrome · illness · disease · ailment · malady · affliction · impairment · deficiency
hospital
Medical treatment facility
examination · consultation · symptom · screening · assessment · evaluation · prognosis · laboratory · imaging · biopsy
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- pharmacotherapyTreatment using pharmaceutical agents
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
regimen · dosage · cure · remedy · rehabilitation · management · surgery · physiotherapy · chemotherapy · immunotherapy
insurance
Contractual risk coverage
- bureaucracyRigid administrative system
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- pharmacyMedicinal dispensary
regulation · policy · accreditation · credentialing · professionalization · gatekeeping · authority · jurisdiction · licensing · standardization
overdiagnosis
Finding harmless conditions unnecessarily
- hypochondriaExcessive illness worry
- overtreatmentExcessive medical intervention
- overutilizationExcessive consumption of resources
medicalisenormalise
Make consistent or typical
leave alone · accept · ignore · let be · tolerate
medicalisedecriminalize
Abolish penalties for
decriminalise · spiritualize · socialize · socialise · politicize
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