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psychotherapeutics

psychotherapeutics

9.1
To treat mental health problems by talking and other ways that help the mind
  • noun
  • /ˌsaɪkoʊθəˈrɛpjuːtɪks/
  • Specialized
translation icon : psicoterapéutica
  • Many professionals in psychotherapeutics emphasize the importance of a therapeutic alliance in patient recovery.

Examples

  • NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON DRUG ABUSE: NEW NONMEDICAL USERS OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTICS (1965-2000 NHSDA)

    Academic text (2009)

  • GRAPH: FIGURE 2 (WWW.SAMHSA.GOV, 2008) NSDUH: LIFETIME NON-MEDICAL USE OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTICS 2002-2005 (AGE TWELVE OR OLDER)

    Academic text (2009)

  • In therapy, psychotherapeutics are often utilized to help clients manage their mental health issues.

  • The field of psychotherapeutics focuses on using psychological methods to treat various mental disorders.

Synonyms

psychotherapy
vspsychotherapeutics
  • Specialized
24 5.8

Treatment that uses talking with a trained person to help problems with feelings or thinking

is the psychiatry branch that studies and oversees those therapy methods
clinical psychology
vspsychotherapeutics
  • Specialized
3 4.0

The part of psychology that finds and treats mental health problems

is the psychiatry branch that uses therapy methods rather than general medicine
psychological medicine
vspsychotherapeutics
  • Specialized
4.4

A part of health care that finds and treats mental health problems

is the psychiatry branch focused specifically on therapy methods

How Supportive

psychotherapeutics
  • Specialized
9.1
neutrality
22 4.4

Surface Forms

psychotherapeutics singular
psychotherapeutics plural

Morphology

psychotherapeutics = therapeutics (semi-transparent) = psycho + therapeutics

The word is formed by adding psycho- to therapeutics, but the resulting sense is a specialized technical term rather than a fully everyday combination.

Etymology

The word psychotherapeutics comes from psycho- meaning 'mind' and therapeutics, like the word therapy, meaning 'healing'. So it literally means 'healing the mind', which is why it refers to treatments that use psychological methods to help people with mental health problems.