Medicalization describes the process by which non-medical problems become defined and treated as medical issues. Psychologization is the opposite of medicalization. Psychologization is the attribution of psychosocial causes to health conditions that have a biological or hereditary origin.

Both medicalization and psychologization can misdirect funding resources, resulting in healthcare inequities. This mission is focused on health conditions that disproportionately afflict a segment of the unhoused community.

NASNIcares aims to engage students of neuroscience, researchers, and general medical professionals to play a more prominent role in the societal conversations about health inequities where these dynamics are in play.