crisis intervention

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crisis intervention - psychotherapy that focuses on acute critical situations (depressive episodes or attempted suicides or drug overdoses) with the aim of restoring the person to the level of functioning before the crisis

psychotherapy - the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

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