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psy·cho·ther·a·py
(sī-kō-thār'ă-pē),Treatment of emotional, behavioral, personality, and psychiatric disorders based primarily on verbal or nonverbal communication and interventions with the patient, in contrast to treatments using chemical and physical measures. See entries under psychoanalysis; psychiatry; psychology; therapy
Synonym(s): psychotherapeutics
[psycho- + G. therapeia, treatment]
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psychotherapeutics
(sī′kō-thĕr′ə-pyo͞o′tĭks)n. (used with a sing. verb)
Psychotherapy.
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psy·cho·ther·a·py
(sī'kō-thār'ă-pē)Treatment of emotional, behavioral, personality, and psychiatric disorders based primarily on verbal or nonverbal communication and interventions with the patient, in contrast to treatments using chemical and physical measures.
See also: psychoanalysis, psychiatry, psychology, therapy
Synonym(s): psychotherapeutics.
See also: psychoanalysis, psychiatry, psychology, therapy
Synonym(s): psychotherapeutics.
[psycho- + G. therapeia, treatment]
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