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Psychiatric social worker refers to a mental health professional trained to apply social science principles to help patients in clinics and hospitals. Psychiatric social workers, likewise, refers to mental health professionals trained in psychiatric diagnosis and in individual and group psychotherapy. Compared to psychologists and psychiatrists, psychiatric social workers' training is relatively brief, limited to a 2-year master's degree. Social workers are intensely involved in the day-to-day lives of their patients and focus more on the social and environmental factors contributing to their patients' difficulties.
Deutsch: Psychiatrische Behandlung / Español: Tratamiento Psiquiátrico / Português: Tratamento Psiquiátrico / Français: Traitement Psychiatrique / Italian: Trattamento Psichiatrico
Psychiatric treatment refers to the medical and therapeutic interventions used to diagnose, treat, and manage mental health disorders and psychological conditions. It involves a combination of medication, psychotherapy, and other therapeutic techniques to help individuals achieve mental wellness and improve their quality of life.
Psychiatry refers to the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness.
Deutsch: Psychische Determinismus / Español: Determinismo psíquico / Português: Determinismo psíquico / Français: Déterminisme psychique / Italiano: Determinismo psichico /
Psychic determinism refers to a major assumption of Freudian Theory that holds that everything one does has meaning and is goal directed.
Deutsch: Psychische Epidemien / Español: Epidemias psíquicas / Português: Epidemias psíquicas / Français: Épidémies psychiques / Italiano: Epidemie psichiche /
Psychic epidemics refers to a phenomena in which large numbers of people begin to engage in unusual behaviors that appear to have a psychological origin.
Psychic Mass refers to the psychic equivalent to physical mass. It is defined here as intensity times psychic probability.