Psychotherapeutics

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Psychotherapeutics \Psy`cho*ther`a*peu"tics\, n. [Psycho- +
     therapeutics.] (Med.)
     The treatment of disease by acting on the mind, as by
     suggestion; mind cure; psychotherapy.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  psychotherapeutics
       n : the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological
           methods [syn: {psychotherapy}, {mental hygiene}]