What is demedicalization? Which of the following is an example?

• A. Homosexuality removed from mental disorder classifications.
• B. ADHD framed as medical condition.
• C. Asthma treated with inhaler.
• D. Diabetes managed with insulin.

Answer: (A)

Demedicalization means removing a condition or behavior from the realm of medicine, so it is no longer diagnosed or treated as a medical problem but is understood in social, cultural, or moral terms.

The best example is homosexuality being removed from mental disorder classifications. This shows demedicalization in action: the medical labels that once framed homosexuality as a mental illness were dropped, shifting the issue out of the medical sphere.

By contrast, framing ADHD as a medical condition or managing asthma and diabetes with medical treatments keeps the issue within medical practice, illustrating medicalization rather than demedicalization.