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- noun
education given to people who have, or have to deal withpsychological disturbances
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Examples
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Well, essentially, when I am called in by a family member to help rescue a loved one or a runaway comes to me, I engage them in a psychoeducation program.
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There was a big shift in working with families at the time I entered psychiatry, as we moved from 'blaming the mother', to supporting families via psychoeducation, knowing that the old nature vs. nurture debate has changed.
Donna Fish: Your Jeans and Your Genes: Taking Eating Disorders Out of the Closet 2008
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Dr. Youngren serves as consultant for an NIMH project involving the cross-cultural application of the psychoeducation model in Control Your Depression to selected communities of Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest.
Control Your Depression Peter M. Lewinsohn 1986
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The intervention included four evidence-based practices: psychoeducation
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The intervention included four evidence-based practices: psychoeducation
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The group therapy, which lasts over a period of 21 weeks, uses psychoeducation to teach people with bipolar more about the condition, with the aim of helping them to manage it.
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The intervention included four evidence-based practices: psychoeducation (instruction for families and caregivers about mental illness), family intervention (teaching coping and socializing skills), skills training and cognitive behavioral therapy.
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Supportive psychotherapy and psychoeducation (teaching patients and their families about this illness) significantly improve patient compliance and family cooperation.
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It was humbling to realize that a lot of my well-intentioned psychoeducation about PTSD was probably received on her end as a blur.
Am J Psychiatry current issue K. Campanella 2010
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The intervention included four evidence-based practices: psychoeducation (instruction for families and caregivers about mental illness), family intervention (teaching coping and socializing skills), skills training and cognitive behavioral therapy.
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