psychotherapeutics

noun

psychotherapy

Similar
psychotherapymental hygiene
OriginEnglish therapeutics ← Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-) →
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Meanings

nounpsychotherapeutics (uncountable)
  1. uncountablepsychotherapy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods

Similar
psychotherapymental hygiene
Broader
psychiatrypsychopathologypsychological medicine
Also see
mental hygienepsychotherapy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Englishtherapeutics
  5. Englishpsychotherapeutics

From psycho- + therapeutics.

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APA

psychotherapeutics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychotherapeutics

MLA

“psychotherapeutics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychotherapeutics. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychotherapeutics,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychotherapeutics.

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