depathologizing
(verb)
The act of decategorizing something as a disease or illness.
Examples of depathologizing in the following topics:
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Introduction to Psychotherapy
- The humanistic or non-medical model, in contrast, strives to depathologize the human condition.
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Current Issues and Debates in Psychology
- One of the major impacts of this change is the reduction of stigma by changing the language from "disorder" to "dysphoria," which serves as a step toward depathologizing people who identify as transgender or differently gendered.