SettingsPsychiatric treatments
Ablative brain surgery
Ablative brain surgery (also known as brain lesioning) is the surgical ablation by various methods of brain tissue to treat neurological or psychological disorders.
Ablative brain surgery (also known as brain lesioning) is the surgical ablation by various methods of brain tissue to treat neurological or psychological disorders.
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is the set of symptoms seen when an individual reduces or stops alcohol consumption after prolonged periods of excessive alcohol intake.
Alcohol withdrawal syndrome is the set of symptoms seen when an individual reduces or stops alcohol consumption after prolonged periods of excessive alcohol intake.
Assertive community treatment
Assertive community treatment, or ACT, is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery.
Assertive community treatment, or ACT, is an intensive and highly integrated approach for community mental health service delivery.
Autism therapies
Autism therapies attempt to lessen the deficits and abnormal behaviours associated with autism and other autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and to increase the quality of life and functional indep...
Autism therapies attempt to lessen the deficits and abnormal behaviours associated with autism and other autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and to increase the quality of life and functional indep...
Autogenic training
Autogenic training is a relaxation technique developed by the German psychiatrist Johannes Heinrich Schultz and first published in 1932.
Autogenic training is a relaxation technique developed by the German psychiatrist Johannes Heinrich Schultz and first published in 1932.
Aversion therapy
Aversion therapy is a form of psychological treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while simultaneously being subjected to some form of discomfort.
Aversion therapy is a form of psychological treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while simultaneously being subjected to some form of discomfort.
Bessel van der Kolk
Bessel van der Kolk has conducted research in the area of post-traumatic stress since the 1970s.
Bessel van der Kolk has conducted research in the area of post-traumatic stress since the 1970s.
Bonding psychotherapy
Bonding Psychotherapy is a process of group therapy originally developed by New York psychiatrist Daniel Casriel between 1965 and 1983.
Bonding Psychotherapy is a process of group therapy originally developed by New York psychiatrist Daniel Casriel between 1965 and 1983.
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) is a non-profit 501(c) professional organization with approximately 30,000 members dedicated to preserving the ethical standa...
The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) is a non-profit 501(c) professional organization with approximately 30,000 members dedicated to preserving the ethical standa...
Care programme approach
Care Programme Approach (CPA) is a United Kingdom system of delivering community services to those with mental illness.
Care Programme Approach (CPA) is a United Kingdom system of delivering community services to those with mental illness.
Case management (mental health)
Case management is the coordination of community services for mental health patients by allocating a professional to be responsible for the assessment of need and implementation of care plans.
Case management is the coordination of community services for mental health patients by allocating a professional to be responsible for the assessment of need and implementation of care plans.
Classical Adlerian psychotherapy
Classical Adlerian individual psychotherapy, brief therapy, couple therapy, and family therapy follow parallel paths.
Classical Adlerian individual psychotherapy, brief therapy, couple therapy, and family therapy follow parallel paths.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach: a talking therapy.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach: a talking therapy.
Cognitive therapy
Cognitive therapy (CT) is a type of psychotherapy developed by American psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck.
Cognitive therapy (CT) is a type of psychotherapy developed by American psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck.
Deinstitutionalisation
Deinstitutionalization or deinstitutionalization is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health service for those diagnosed with a mental ...
Deinstitutionalization or deinstitutionalization is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health service for those diagnosed with a mental ...
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a form of psychotherapy that was developed by Francine Shapiro to resolve the development of trauma-related disorders caused by exposure to distr...
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a form of psychotherapy that was developed by Francine Shapiro to resolve the development of trauma-related disorders caused by exposure to distr...
Facilitated communication
Facilitated communication (FC) is a process by which a facilitator supports the hand or arm of a communicatively impaired individual while using a keyboard or other devices with the aim of helpi...
Facilitated communication (FC) is a process by which a facilitator supports the hand or arm of a communicatively impaired individual while using a keyboard or other devices with the aim of helpi...
Group Analysis
Group analysis (or group analytic psychotherapy) is a method of group psychotherapy originated by S. H. Foulkes in the 1940s.
Group analysis (or group analytic psychotherapy) is a method of group psychotherapy originated by S. H. Foulkes in the 1940s.
Group Analytic Society
The Group-Analytic Society (London) was founded in 1952 by S. H. Foulkes, Jane Abercrombie and Norbert Elias as a learned society to study and promote the development of Group Analysis in both i...
The Group-Analytic Society (London) was founded in 1952 by S. H. Foulkes, Jane Abercrombie and Norbert Elias as a learned society to study and promote the development of Group Analysis in both i...
Group psychotherapy
Group psychotherapy or group therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group.
Group psychotherapy or group therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which one or more therapists treat a small group of clients together as a group.
Institute of Group Analysis
The Institute of Group Analysis is a training organisation for group psychotherapists in the analytical tradition, based on the groundwork begun by S. H. Foulkes in forming the body of theory an...
The Institute of Group Analysis is a training organisation for group psychotherapists in the analytical tradition, based on the groundwork begun by S. H. Foulkes in forming the body of theory an...
Insulin shock therapy
Insulin shock therapy or insulin coma therapy (ICT) was a form of psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily com...
Insulin shock therapy or insulin coma therapy (ICT) was a form of psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily com...
Integrative milieu model
The integrative milieu model, developed by Kevin F. McCready, is an alternative treatment regime to the medical model of psychiatry for treating people suffering from psychological distress.
The integrative milieu model, developed by Kevin F. McCready, is an alternative treatment regime to the medical model of psychiatry for treating people suffering from psychological distress.
Integrative psychotherapy
Integrative psychotherapy may involve the fusion of different schools of psychotherapy.
Integrative psychotherapy may involve the fusion of different schools of psychotherapy.
Intensive outpatient program
An Intensive Outpatient Program is a kind of treatment service and support program used primarily to treat chemical dependency that does not rely on detoxification.
An Intensive Outpatient Program is a kind of treatment service and support program used primarily to treat chemical dependency that does not rely on detoxification.
Interoceptive exposure
Interoceptive exposure is a cognitive behavioral therapy technique used in the treatment of panic disorder.
Interoceptive exposure is a cognitive behavioral therapy technique used in the treatment of panic disorder.
Justice Resource Institute
The Justice Resource Institute is a nonprofit organization based on Boston, Massachusetts, that provides outpatient specialty mental health services to disadvantaged, under-served and severely i...
The Justice Resource Institute is a nonprofit organization based on Boston, Massachusetts, that provides outpatient specialty mental health services to disadvantaged, under-served and severely i...
Level of Care Utilization System
The Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) is a widely used instrument for determining the appropriate level of service intensity for persons with mental illness.
The Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) is a widely used instrument for determining the appropriate level of service intensity for persons with mental illness.
Lobotomy
Lobotomy (λοβός – lobos: "lobe (of brain)"; τομή – tome: "cut/slice") is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy (from the ...
Lobotomy (λοβός – lobos: "lobe (of brain)"; τομή – tome: "cut/slice") is a neurosurgical procedure, a form of psychosurgery, also known as a leukotomy or leucotomy (from the ...
Management of schizophrenia
Management of schizophrenia depends largely on medications and on psychosocial interventions.
Management of schizophrenia depends largely on medications and on psychosocial interventions.
Mindfulness (psychology)
Several definitions of mindfulness have been used in modern Western psychology.
Several definitions of mindfulness have been used in modern Western psychology.
Narcotherapy
Narcotherapy is a form of therapy originating in China that disables the body or one part temporarily by drugs or accupuncture, which is usually used insurgical operations.
Narcotherapy is a form of therapy originating in China that disables the body or one part temporarily by drugs or accupuncture, which is usually used insurgical operations.
Negative air ionization therapy
Negative air ionization therapy is the use of air ionisers as an experimental non-pharmaceutical treatment for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and mild depression.
Negative air ionization therapy is the use of air ionisers as an experimental non-pharmaceutical treatment for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and mild depression.
Orthomolecular psychiatry
Orthomolecular psychiatry is the use of orthomolecular medicine for mental illness.
Orthomolecular psychiatry is the use of orthomolecular medicine for mental illness.
Partial hospitalization
Partial hospitalization, also known as PHP, is a type of program used to treat mental illness and substance abuse.
Partial hospitalization, also known as PHP, is a type of program used to treat mental illness and substance abuse.
Pharmacological Calvinism
Pharmacological Calvinism is a term describing the disapproving or condemning attitude of some Americans to the use of psychotropic medication.
Pharmacological Calvinism is a term describing the disapproving or condemning attitude of some Americans to the use of psychotropic medication.
Political abuse of psychiatry in Russia
Political abuse of psychiatry in Russia is the purported use of involuntary psychiatric commitment of people for the sole purposes imprisoning those with divergent political ideas.
Political abuse of psychiatry in Russia is the purported use of involuntary psychiatric commitment of people for the sole purposes imprisoning those with divergent political ideas.
Psychiatric intensive-care unit
A Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a type of psychiatric in-patient ward.
A Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is a type of psychiatric in-patient ward.
Psychiatric medication
A psychiatric medication is a licensed psychoactive drug taken to exert an effect on the mental state and used to treat mental disorders.
A psychiatric medication is a licensed psychoactive drug taken to exert an effect on the mental state and used to treat mental disorders.
Psychoactive drug
A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it af...
A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it af...
Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation refers to the education offered to people who live with a psychological disturbance.
Psychoeducation refers to the education offered to people who live with a psychological disturbance.
Rational Behavior Therapy
Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT) is a form of Cognitive behavioral therapy developed by psychiatrist Dr. Maxie C. Maultsby Jr a professor at the Medical College at Howard University.
Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT) is a form of Cognitive behavioral therapy developed by psychiatrist Dr. Maxie C. Maultsby Jr a professor at the Medical College at Howard University.
Rational emotive behavior therapy
Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is a comprehensive, active-directive, philosophically and empirically...
Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is a comprehensive, active-directive, philosophically and empirically...
Rational Living Therapy
Rational Living Therapy (RLT) is a form of Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) developed by Aldo R. Pucci, Psy.D., DCBT the current president of the National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral T...
Rational Living Therapy (RLT) is a form of Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) developed by Aldo R. Pucci, Psy.D., DCBT the current president of the National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral T...
Saprof
The SAPROF has recently been developed as an instrument for the structured assessment of protective factors for violence risk.
The SAPROF has recently been developed as an instrument for the structured assessment of protective factors for violence risk.
Seclusion
The act of secluding, i.e. shutting out or keeping apart from society, or the state of being secluded, or a place that facilitates it (a secluded place).
The act of secluding, i.e. shutting out or keeping apart from society, or the state of being secluded, or a place that facilitates it (a secluded place).
Self-talk Identification, Questioning & Revision (SIQR)
Self-talk Identification, Questioning & Revision (SIQR) is a set of specific techniques within the general rubrics of cognitive-behavioral, experiential and “neuropsychological” therapies guided...
Self-talk Identification, Questioning & Revision (SIQR) is a set of specific techniques within the general rubrics of cognitive-behavioral, experiential and “neuropsychological” therapies guided...
Soteria
Soteria is a community service that provides a space for people experiencing mental distress or crisis.
Soteria is a community service that provides a space for people experiencing mental distress or crisis.
Supportive psychotherapy
Supportive psychotherapy is a psychotherapeutic approach that integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and interpersonal conceptual models and techniques.
Supportive psychotherapy is a psychotherapeutic approach that integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and interpersonal conceptual models and techniques.
Systems Centered Therapy
Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT) is a particular form of group therapy based on the Theory of Living Human Systems developed by Dr. Yvonne Agazarian.
Systems-Centered Therapy (SCT) is a particular form of group therapy based on the Theory of Living Human Systems developed by Dr. Yvonne Agazarian.
Telemental Health
Telemental Health is the use of telecommunications technology to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of geogra...
Telemental Health is the use of telecommunications technology to provide mental health services to individuals in communities or locations that are underserviced, typically as a result of geogra...
Texas Medication Algorithm Project
The Texas Medication Algorithm Project is a decision-tree medical algorithm, the design of which was based on the expert opinions of mental health specialists.
The Texas Medication Algorithm Project is a decision-tree medical algorithm, the design of which was based on the expert opinions of mental health specialists.
The Village Integrated Services Agency
MHA: The Village Integrated Services Agency is an internationally known, award winning recovery-oriented program of Mental Health America, Los Angeles located in Long Beach, California.
MHA: The Village Integrated Services Agency is an internationally known, award winning recovery-oriented program of Mental Health America, Los Angeles located in Long Beach, California.
Transference focused psychotherapy
Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), is a highly structured, twice-weekly modified psychodynamic treatment based on Kernberg’s object relations model of borderline personality disorder.
Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), is a highly structured, twice-weekly modified psychodynamic treatment based on Kernberg’s object relations model of borderline personality disorder.
Transpersonal psychiatry
Transpersonal psychiatry may be considered an application of the teachings of transpersonal psychology to medical matters.
Transpersonal psychiatry may be considered an application of the teachings of transpersonal psychology to medical matters.
Trauma Center at JRI
Trauma Center at JRI Shortly following the addition of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to the Third Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1980 (DSM-V), t...
Trauma Center at JRI Shortly following the addition of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to the Third Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1980 (DSM-V), t...
Treatment of mental disorders
The treatment of mental disorders includes various forms of psychotherapy, psychiatric medication, and other practices.
The treatment of mental disorders includes various forms of psychotherapy, psychiatric medication, and other practices.
Truth drug
A truth drug or truth serum is a psychoactive medication used to obtain information from subjects who are unable or unwilling to provide it otherwise.
A truth drug or truth serum is a psychoactive medication used to obtain information from subjects who are unable or unwilling to provide it otherwise.
Wake therapy
Wake therapy is a form of sleep deprivation used as a treatment for depression.
Wake therapy is a form of sleep deprivation used as a treatment for depression.
Walter Jackson Freeman II
Walter Jackson Freeman II, M.D. (November 14, 1895 – May 31, 1972) was an American physician who specialized in lobotomy.
Walter Jackson Freeman II, M.D. (November 14, 1895 – May 31, 1972) was an American physician who specialized in lobotomy.
Yang Yongxin
Yang Yongxin (杨永信) is a highly controversial Chinese clinical psychiatrist who advocated and practiced electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a cure for Internet addiction in teenagers.
Yang Yongxin (杨永信) is a highly controversial Chinese clinical psychiatrist who advocated and practiced electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a cure for Internet addiction in teenagers.
Zebola
Zebola is a women's spirit possession dance ritual practiced by certain ethnic groups of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Zebola is a women's spirit possession dance ritual practiced by certain ethnic groups of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.