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Psychoeducation

Meaning in psychology, with examples

nounCommon term

In psychology, psychoeducation means: Giving clients and families clear information about a mental health condition, its causes, its course and its treatment, so that they can understand and manage it better.

In Turkish: psikoeğitim

How it is used

Part of most therapies, often in the first sessions, and also delivered in groups or through leaflets. Clinicians give or provide psychoeducation about, for example, the cycle of anxiety or early warning signs of relapse.

Example sentences

  1. The first session was mostly psychoeducation about how panic attacks work.

  2. In the trial, family psychoeducation was linked to lower relapse rates.

Common collocations

  • provide psychoeducation
  • family psychoeducation
  • group psychoeducation
  • psychoeducational materials
  • cognitive behavioural therapyA structured, time-limited form of psychotherapy that helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours that keep their problems going.
  • bipolar disorderA mood disorder in which a person has episodes of mania or hypomania, with very high energy and mood, usually alternating with episodes of depression.
  • panic attackA sudden wave of intense fear that peaks within minutes, with physical symptoms such as a pounding heart, breathlessness and dizziness, and a fear of dying or losing control.
  • clientA person who receives psychological therapy, counselling or another professional service; in therapy this word is often used instead of patient.

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