psychotherapy

(sī″kō-ther′ă-pē )

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[ psycho- + therapy ]
A method of treating disease, esp. psychic disorders, by mental rather than pharmacological means, e.g., suggestion, reeducation, hypnotism, and psychoanalysis.

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