milieu therapy

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noun

a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.

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Origin of milieu therapy

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby milieu therapy

miliary embolism, miliary fever, miliary tuberculosis, Milicent, milieu, milieu therapy, milit., militancy, militant, Militant Tendency, militaria

How to use milieu therapy in a sentence

Though tissues are present and tears are not uncommon, the Dinner Parties are distinctly not grief counseling or group therapy.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I return home after several days in the hospital and start thrice weekly physical therapy.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The campaign included a push for the World Health Organization to condemn gay-conversion therapy.
China’s Electroshock Gay-Conversion Case|Nina Strochlic|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Collaborating with him on a film was the best kind of therapy I could have asked for.
Blogger Shares and Shames Cancer in ‘Lily’|Amy Grantham|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And for those seeking a quick fix: Studies show that light therapy can spur a mood lift in just several days.
9 Ways to Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder|DailyBurn|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In serum therapy antitoxins are artificially excited into being in the blood of beasts.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
She had found herself in a milieu that demoralized her; her mind had become like "the dyer's hand, subdued to what it worked in."
Marriage la mode|Mrs. Humphry Ward
One has lost his place, another his title, and a third his money, and they say this all proceeds from the 'juste milieu.'
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
And Vital showed them a hat of a form and design which was truly expressive of the juste-milieu.
Unconscious Comedians|Honore de Balzac
Thus far we have considered only the scientific aspects of amorphous phosphorus therapy.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various

Medical definitions for milieu therapy

milieu therapy

Psychotherapy in which the milieu is arranged for the benefit of the patient.