Psychiatric somatotherapy explained

Psychiatric somatotherapy
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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]

See also

• Lobotomy
• Straitjacket
• Joseph Mason Cox – introduced a psychiatric somatotherapic treatment called Swinging

References

1. Book: Shahrokh . Narriman C. . Robert E. . Hales . Katherine A. . Phillips . Stuart C. . Yudofsky . The Language of Mental Health. A Glossary of Psychiatric Terms . registration . American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. . Arlington, Va. . 2011 . 237. 9781585623457 .