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nounthe branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
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nounthe treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological meanstype of:
Definition that contains psychotherapy
- crisis intervention psychotherapy that focuses on acute critical situations (depressive episodes or attempted suicides or drug overdoses) with the aim of restoring the person to the level of functioning before the crisis
- behavior modification psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
- group psychotherapy psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist; interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic
- behavior therapy psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
- group therapy psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist; interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic