psychotherapeutics
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of psychotherapeutics
First recorded in 1870–75; psycho- + therapeutics
Example Sentences
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Many neurologists, responding to the demand for confessional healing, gave up on anatomy and adopted psychotherapeutics.
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
It is this law of attention that must be taken advantage of for psychotherapeutics.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
The psychotherapeutics of organic heart disease that is most important is that of prophylaxis.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Schematic treatment is a poor treatment in every department of medicine, but in psychotherapeutics it is disastrous.
From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo
The exact diagnosis of the various conditions from which each patient is suffering is of itself a precious factor in psychotherapeutics.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
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