Psychiatry and Psychology

Group Psychotherapy

A form of therapy in which two or more patients participate under the guidance of one or more psychotherapists for the purpose of treating emotional disturbances, social maladjustments, and psychotic states.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A form of therapy in which two or more patients participate under the guidance of one or more psychotherapists for the purpose of treating emotional disturbances, social maladjustments, and psychotic states.

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18 entry terms
  • Psychotherapy, Group
  • Group Therapy
  • Multi-Family Therapy
  • Multifamily Therapy
  • Multiple Family Therapy
  • Therapy, Group
  • Family Therapies, Multiple
  • Family Therapy, Multiple
  • Multi Family Therapy
  • Multi-Family Therapies
  • Multifamily Therapies
  • Multiple Family Therapies
  • Therapies, Multi-Family
  • Therapies, Multifamily
  • Therapies, Multiple Family
  • Therapy, Multi-Family
  • Therapy, Multifamily
  • Therapy, Multiple Family

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Indexing Annotation

differentiate from multiple: group = more than one patient, multiple = more than one therapist

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Group Psychotherapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011615. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011615
  2. Group Psychotherapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_psychotherapy
  3. Group Psychotherapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837393