Psychiatric somatotherapy
Soma (body) based psychotherapy and psychiatric treatments
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Psychiatric somatotherapy (or somatic therapy) is the treatment of mental illness by physical means (such as medication, electroconvulsive therapy, or psychosurgery) rather than psychotherapy.[1]
| Psychiatric somatotherapy | |
|---|---|
| ICD-10-PCS | GZC-GZH |
| ICD-9-CM | 94.2 |
| MeSH | D013000 |
See also
- Lobotomy
- Straitjacket
- Joseph Mason Cox – introduced a psychiatric somatotherapic treatment called Swinging
