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psychoeducation

psychoeducation

6.0
Teaching people about mental health problems, their treatment, and how to cope
  • noun
  • /ˌsaɪkoʊˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : psicoeducación
  • Therapists often use psychoeducation to help clients understand their mental health conditions and coping methods.
  • psychoeducation group
  • psychoeducation session
  • family psychoeducation

A central pillar of treatment for narcissistic abuse is psychoeducation.

Examples

  • The key elements of CBITS include core CBT techniques: psychoeducation regarding the effects of trauma on students, relaxation, cognitive restructuring, graduated in vivo exposure, and social problem solving.

    Academic text (2011)
  • All participants first received group psychoeducation.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Further emails described the website, the online forum, and provided basic psychoeducation.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The psychoeducation groups and the SE/TRM sessions were conducted in November and December 2005.

    Academic text (2009)
  • In the psychoeducation group, there was no decline of attentional bias.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Many of these patients are better able to cope with brief counseling or psychoeducation.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The 90-minute psychoeducation groups consisted of eight to twelve agency staff and two SE/TRM team leaders.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Individuals who selected to participate in the psychoeducation group first consented orally and in writing, followed by the baseline assessment.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Thirty-five SE-trained volunteer clinicians from the United States and Canada provided the psychoeducation groups and individual SE/TRM treatment.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The follow-up assessment for both the treatment and comparison groups was collected three to four months after the psychoeducation group session and was self-administered or completed by means of telephone interviews with trained volunteers.

    Academic text (2009)

Surface Forms

Morphology

psychoeducation = education (semi-transparent) = psycho + education

The word is built from psycho- plus education, and the meaning is broadly recoverable as education about mental health, though it is a specialized technical term.

Etymology

Psychoeducation combines psycho- meaning 'mind', as in psychology, and education meaning 'teaching'. So it is teaching people about mental health, treatments, and ways to cope.