Psychiatry and Psychology

Brief Psychotherapy

Any form of psychotherapy designed to produce therapeutic change within a minimal amount of time, generally not more than 20 sessions.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Any form of psychotherapy designed to produce therapeutic change within a minimal amount of time, generally not more than 20 sessions.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Psychotherapy, Brief
  • Psychotherapy, Short-Term
  • Short-Term Psychotherapy
  • Brief Psychotherapies
  • Psychotherapies, Brief
  • Psychotherapies, Short-Term
  • Psychotherapy, Short Term
  • Short Term Psychotherapy
  • Short-Term Psychotherapies
  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
  • Brief Therapies, Solution-Focused
  • Brief Therapy, Solution-Focused
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapies
  • Therapies, Solution-Focused Brief
  • Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Psychotherapy (1966-1972)

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Tree Number

  1. F04.754w.738w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Brief Psychotherapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011614. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011614
  2. Brief Psychotherapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_psychotherapy
  3. Brief Psychotherapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1053822