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Psychiatric somatotherapy (or somatic therapy) is the treatment of mental illness by physical means (such as medication, electroconvulsive therapy, or psychosurgery) rather than psychotherapy.[1]
Psychiatric somatotherapy | |
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ICD-10-PCS | GZC-GZH |
ICD-9-CM | 94.2 |
MeSH | D013000 |
See also
edit- Lobotomy
- Straitjacket
- Joseph Mason Cox – introduced a psychiatric somatotherapic treatment called Swinging
References
edit- ^ Shahrokh, Narriman C.; Hales, Robert E.; Phillips, Katherine A.; Yudofsky, Stuart C. (2011). The Language of Mental Health. A Glossary of Psychiatric Terms. Arlington, Va.: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. p. 237. ISBN 9781585623457.