Treatment

Treatment in the clinical context is any form of action which is taken in order to improve a physical or mental disorder.

Prior to treatment
Treatment is preceded by the processes of accepting the person via treatment pathways, collecting information as to their disorder, perhaps developing a diagnoses of case formulation and from this negotiating the course of treatment with the client or patient
 * Court referrals
 * Client transfer
 * Client treatment matching
 * Medical records
 * Patient history
 * Treatment planning

Characteristics of treatment

 * Involuntary treatment

Types of treatment
Psychologists are interested in a broad range of treatment approaches. These would include:


 * Alternative medicine
 * Behavior modification
 * Bibliotherapy
 * Cognitive techniques
 * Counseling
 * Creative arts therapy
 * Crisis intervention
 * Cross cultural treatment
 * Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy
 * Life sustaining treatment
 * Medical treatment (general)
 * Milieu therapy
 * Movement therapy
 * Pain management
 * Personal therapy
 * Physical treatment methods
 * Preventative medicine
 * Psychotherapeutic techniques
 * Psychiatry
 * Psychoeducation
 * Psychosocial readjustment
 * Psychotherapy
 * Relaxation therapy
 * Self help techniques
 * Sensory integration
 * Sex therapy
 * Stress management
 * Social casework
 * Sociotherapy
 * Speech therapy
 * Twelve step programs

Issues in treatment

 * Advance directives
 * Caregivers
 * Client rights
 * Euthanasia
 * Involuntary treatment
 * Patient abuse
 * Prescribing drugs
 * Prevention
 * Physical restraint
 * Prognosis
 * Relapse prevention
 * Side effects
 * Spontaneous remission
 * Therapeutic alliance
 * Treatment compliance
 * Treatment duration
 * Treatment effectiveness evaluation
 * Treatment outcomes
 * Treatment planning
 * Treatment resistant disorders
 * Treatment termination
 * Treatment witholding

Theoretical approaches to treatment

 * Eclectic psychotherapy
 * Interdisciplinary treatment approach
 * Multimodal treatment approach

Treatment context

 * Aftercare
 * Early intervention
 * Outpatient treatment
 * Partial hospitalization
 * Posttreatment followup
 * Rehabilitation
 * Therapeutic social clubs
 * Treatment facilities

Services providing treatment

 * Clinics
 * Crisis intervention services
 * Healthcare services
 * Interdisciplinary teams
 * Treatment facilities

Service issues

 * Case management
 * Cost containment
 * Health care costs
 * Health care delivery
 * Medical records
 * Quality of care
 * Treatment guidelines