Psychiatry and Psychology

Rational-Emotive Psychotherapy

The replacement of illogical and unrealistic ideas with more realistic and adaptive ones through direct intervention and confrontation by the therapist.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The replacement of illogical and unrealistic ideas with more realistic and adaptive ones through direct intervention and confrontation by the therapist.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Psychotherapy, Rational
  • Psychotherapy, Rational-Emotive
  • Rational Psychotherapy
  • Psychotherapies, Rational
  • Psychotherapies, Rational-Emotive
  • Psychotherapy, Rational Emotive
  • Rational Emotive Psychotherapy
  • Rational Psychotherapies
  • Rational-Emotive Psychotherapies

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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

91(77); was see under PSYCHOTHERAPY 1977-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Psychotherapy (1966-1976)

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Tree Number

  1. F04.754w.785w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rational-Emotive Psychotherapy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011617. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011617
  2. Rational-Emotive Psychotherapy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_emotive_behavior_therapy
  3. Rational-Emotive Psychotherapy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133018