English noun: psychotherapy |
1. | psychotherapy (cognition) the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods |
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| Synonyms | mental hygiene, psychotherapeutics |
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| Broader (hypernym) | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | clinical psychology, Freudian psychology, Jungian psychology |
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2. | psychotherapy (act) the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means |
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| Broader (hypernym) | therapy |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | analysis, behavior modification, behavior therapy, client-centered therapy, crisis intervention, depth psychology, group psychotherapy, group therapy, hypnotherapy, play therapy, psychoanalysis, self-analysis |
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| Domain category members | free-associate |
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