Book contents
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Clinical Neuroscience
- 3 Introduction to the Patient Interview
- 4 Mood Disorders
- 5 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 6 Anxiety Disorders
- 7 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- 8 Disorders Related to Stress and Trauma
- 9 Substance Use Disorders
- 10 Personality Disorders
- 11 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 12 Feeding and Eating Disorders
- 13 Child Psychiatry and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 14 Sleep Disorders
- 15 Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics
- 16 Psychosocial Interventions
- 17 Psychiatric Evaluation in the Medical Setting
- 18 Psychiatry of Gender and Sexuality
- 19 Health Policy and Population Health in Behavioral Health Care in the United States
- 20 Global Health and Mental Health Care Delivery in Low-Resource Settings
- Index
- References
16 - Psychosocial Interventions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 July 2021
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Clinical Neuroscience
- 3 Introduction to the Patient Interview
- 4 Mood Disorders
- 5 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 6 Anxiety Disorders
- 7 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- 8 Disorders Related to Stress and Trauma
- 9 Substance Use Disorders
- 10 Personality Disorders
- 11 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 12 Feeding and Eating Disorders
- 13 Child Psychiatry and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 14 Sleep Disorders
- 15 Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics
- 16 Psychosocial Interventions
- 17 Psychiatric Evaluation in the Medical Setting
- 18 Psychiatry of Gender and Sexuality
- 19 Health Policy and Population Health in Behavioral Health Care in the United States
- 20 Global Health and Mental Health Care Delivery in Low-Resource Settings
- Index
- References
Summary
Psychotherapy is an overarching term for any type of professional treatment for psychological and physical distress using verbal and nonverbal communication. Talking together, the patient and therapist engage collaboratively to understand the source of a dysfunction or suffering in order to reverse either maladaptive self-regulatory processes or to adapt and develop psychological strengths to cope with pathological conditions, developmental concerns, or trauma. Psychotherapy addresses multiple levels of functioning, including the neurobiology of the brain itself, the perception of the self to itself, the relationship of the self to others, the role of the individual in the social world, and the conceptual frameworks and beliefs that also may affect emotions and behavior.
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- Introduction to PsychiatryPreclinical Foundations and Clinical Essentials, pp. 389 - 414Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021