ABSTRACT
In this text, we propose a reflection on some aspects related to the pathologization/over- medicalization processes of one’s childhood, from a psycho-pedagogical, cultural, social, and medical perspective. In order to achieve this objective, we connect this theme with the concepts of biopolitics, faciality and power practices that intend to have an effective control over life and human existence. We also wish to highlight how over-medicalization has been a major treatment solution for supposed pathologies and how this practice intends to individualize patients in a negative meaning, attributing, exclusively to them, problems that emerge in diverse political, historical and social contexts.
Keywords:
child; learning; pathologization