PSYCHOSOCIAL THERAPY:
Psychosocial therapy is one of the important treatment modaIities used for the patients with mental disorders. It is given along with other therapies or separately.
Definition of Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is defined as a form of treatment of an emotional nature in which trained person purposefully develops a professional relationship with objective of removing, modifying or reducing the presenting symptoms.
Goals of Psychotherapy
- The goals of psychotherapy are to:
- Establish therapeutic relationship with the patient.
- Change specific maladaptive patterns of behaviour.
- Reduce or eliminate environment which may be causing such a behaviour.
- Help patient to develop sense of self identity, and
- Help patient to improve in his/her interpersonal and communication skill.