antitreatment

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ treatment

Adjective

antitreatment (comparative more antitreatment, superlative most antitreatment)

  1. Opposing treatment (of a psychiatric condition, etc.).
    • 2000, Gavin Andrews, Scott Henderson, Unmet Need in Psychiatry: Problems, Resources, Responses, page 94:
      The problem of antitreatment attitudes has also been identified by others. Wilhelm and Lin (Chapter 15) showed that much undertreated depression comes about because of the antitreatment attitudes of those who suffer from it.
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