PSYCHOTHERAPY INTRODUCTION, मनोचिकित्सा, मानसिक बीमारी का इलाज

The term psychotherapy has been used to refer to the treatment of mental disorders using psychological techniques, in a patient-therapist relationship. It is a process in which a trained professional enters a relationship with a patient to help the patient with symptoms of mental illness, or behavioral problems or to help him towards personal growth.
Wolberg (1988) conceptualizes psychotherapy as an endeavor to alter the behavior and change the attitude of a maladjusted person towards a more constructive outcome. Succinctly, he defines psychotherapy as, “, a form of treatment for problems of an emotional nature in which a trained person deliberately establishes a professional relationship with a patient with the object of…
• removing, modifying, or retarding existing symptoms,
• mediating disturbed patterns of behavior, and
• promoting positive personality growth and development.