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Exaggerating the severity of mental disorders, often due to unconscious cultural biases, is called _____.

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Exaggerating the severity of mental disorders, often due to unconscious cultural biases, is called overpathologizing.

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Exaggerating the severity of mental disorders, often due to unconscious cultural biases, is called overpathologizing.

The term pathologizing denotes characterizing someone as medically or psychologically abnormal.

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