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--- Overview of noun psycho_therapy_

The noun psychotherapy has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
                
1. (2) psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene ::: (the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods)
2. psychotherapy ::: (the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means)




--- Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun psycho_therapy_

2 senses of psychotherapy                      

Sense 1
psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene
   => psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
     => medicine, medical specialty
       => medical science
         => life science, bioscience
           => natural science
             => science, scientific discipline
               => discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick
                 => knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain
                   => content, cognitive content, mental object
                     => cognition, knowledge, noesis
                       => psychological feature
                         => abstraction, abstract entity
                           => entity

Sense 2
psychotherapy
   => therapy
     => medical care, medical aid
       => treatment, intervention
         => care, attention, aid, tending
           => work
             => activity
               => act, deed, human action, human activity
                 => event
                   => psychological feature
                     => abstraction, abstract entity
                       => entity




--- Hyponyms of noun psycho_therapy_

2 senses of psychotherapy                      

Sense 1
psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene
   => clinical psychology
   => Freudian psychology
   => Jungian psychology

Sense 2
psychotherapy
   => behavior therapy, behavior modification
   => client-centered therapy
   => crisis intervention
   => group therapy, group psychotherapy
   => hypnotherapy
   => play therapy
   => psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology
   => self-analysis




--- Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun psycho_therapy_

2 senses of psychotherapy                      

Sense 1
psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene
   => psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine

Sense 2
psychotherapy
   => therapy










--- Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun psycho_therapy_

2 senses of psychotherapy                      

Sense 1
psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene
  -> psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
   => alienism
   => psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene

Sense 2
psychotherapy
  -> therapy
   => aromatherapy
   => chemotherapy
   => correction
   => electrotherapy, galvanism, electric healing, electrical healing
   => heliotherapy, insolation
   => hormone replacement therapy, hormone-replacement therapy, HRT
   => immunotherapy
   => infrared therapy
   => inflation therapy
   => iontophoresis, ionic medication, iontotherapy, electromotive drug administration, EMDA
   => medication
   => megavitamin therapy
   => occupational therapy
   => physical therapy, physiotherapy, physiatrics
   => phytotherapy, herbal therapy, botanical medicine
   => psychotherapy
   => radiotherapy, radiation therapy, radiation, actinotherapy, irradiation
   => shock therapy, shock treatment
   => speech therapy
   => refrigeration
   => thermotherapy
   => thrombolytic therapy