Socioenvironmental Therapy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Cost-effectiveness of nidotherapy for comorbid personality disorder and severe mental illness: randomized controlled trial.

30 Mar 2009 AIMS: Nidotherapy is the systematic modification of the environment to create a better fit for people. This is the first randomized controlled trial of its efficacy in an assertive community team. METHODS: Patients in an assertive outreach team with ... Read more...

Exploiting social networks to mitigate the obesity epidemic.

13 Jan 2009 Despite significant efforts, obesity continues to be a major public health problem, and there are surprisingly few effective strategies for its prevention and treatment. We now realize that healthy diet and activity patterns are difficult to ... Read more...

Psychosocial treatments of psychological symptoms in dementia: a systematic review of reports meeting quality standards.

11 Jan 2009 BACKGROUND: This paper provides a systematic review of selected experimental studies of the effectiveness of psychosocial treatments in reducing psychological symptoms in dementia (e.g. anxiety, depression, irritability and social withdrawal). ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Socioenvironmental Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cost-effectiveness of nidotherapy for comorbid personality disorder and severe mental illness: randomized controlled trial. 30 Mar 2009
• Exploiting social networks to mitigate the obesity epidemic. 13 Jan 2009
• Psychosocial treatments of psychological symptoms in dementia: a systematic review of reports meeting quality standards. 11 Jan 2009
• A randomized controlled trial of holistic neuropsychologic rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. 29 Nov 2008
• Psychosocial treatments of behavior symptoms in dementia: a systematic review of reports meeting quality standards. 23 Sep 2008
• Wake-up call for British psychiatry. 29 Jun 2008
• Psychosocial interventions for cancer patients. 29 Jun 2008
• Cognitive performance of detoxified alcoholic Korsakoff syndrome patients remains stable over two years. 29 Jun 2008
• Patient and surrogate disagreement in end-of-life decisions: can surrogates accurately predict patients' preferences? 17 Jun 2008
• [No psychiatry without social psychiatry] 30 Dec 2007
• Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 30 Dec 2007
• Bipolar depression: best practices for the hospitalized patient. 30 Oct 2007
• Pet therapy effects on oncological day hospital patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. 30 Oct 2007
• Enhancing patient safety in psychiatric settings. 30 Oct 2007
• [Does sociotherapy lose importance in scientific discourse?] 3 Sep 2007
• Improving cognitive function in older adults: nontraditional approaches. 30 May 2007
• Behavioral management leads to reduction in aggression in a child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit. 30 May 2007
• Psychosocial treatment of depression and suicidality in adolescents. 30 Jan 2007
• Schizophrenia and family. 30 Jan 2007
• Morita therapy for schizophrenia. 22 Jan 2007

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Technical information about 'Socioenvironmental Therapy'

Definition: Therapy whose primary emphasis is on the physical and social structuring of the environment to promote interpersonal relationships which will be influential in reducing behavioral disturbances of patients.

Descriptor UI: D012960

Alternative terms: Socioenvironmental Therapy; Therapy, Socioenvironmental; Socioenvironmental Therapies; Therapies, Socioenvironmental;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: F04.754.864;

History Note: 73

Technical Notes: a psychother technique; DF: SOCIOENVIR THER