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Psychiatry vs Psychiatrize - What's the difference?

psychiatry | psychiatrize |

As a noun psychiatry

is (medicine) the branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions.

As a verb psychiatrize is

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

psychiatry

English

(wikipedia psychiatry)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (medicine) The branch of medicine that subjectively diagnoses, treats, and studies mental illness and behavioural conditions.

    • Derived terms

    * psychiatric * psychiatrist

    See also

    * psychopathology English words prefixed with psych-

    psychiatrize

    English

    Verb

    (psychiatriz)
  • 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