Psychiatry and Psychology

Milieu Therapy

A treatment program based on manipulation of the patient's environment by the medical staff. The patient does not participate in planning the treatment regimen.

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A treatment program based on manipulation of the patient's environment by the medical staff. The patient does not participate in planning the treatment regimen.

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7 entry terms
  • Situational Therapy
  • Therapy, Milieu
  • Therapy, Situational
  • Milieu Therapies
  • Situational Therapies
  • Therapies, Milieu
  • Therapies, Situational

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

69(67); SITUATIONAL THERAPY was see SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL THERAPY 1979-91, was see under SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL THERAPY 1973-78

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  • Psychotherapy (1966)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Milieu Therapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008884. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008884
  2. Milieu Therapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milieu_therapy
  3. Milieu Therapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4455447