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Definition of psychotherapeutics in English:

psychotherapeutics

Pronunciation /ˌsʌɪkəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks/

noun

  • The methods or practice of psychotherapy; the branch of medicine or science concerned with this.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Daniel Tuke (1827–1895), physician and writer on psychological medicine. From psycho- + therapeutics, after psychotherapeutic.