psychiatrize

English

Etymology

psychiatry +‎ -ize

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