CRISIS INTERVENTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Psychotherapy that focuses on acute critical situations (depressive episodes or attempted suicides or drug overdoses) with the aim of restoring the person to the level of functioning before the crisis

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("crisis intervention" is a kind of...):

psychotherapy (the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means)

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