Psychiatric somatotherapy

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Psychiatric somatotherapy
ICD-10-PCS GZC-GZH
ICD-9-CM 94.2
MeSH D013000

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]

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References

  1. Shahrokh, Narriman C.; Hales, Robert E.; Phillips, Katherine A.; Yudofsky, Stuart C. (2011). The Language of Mental Health. A Glossary of Psychiatric Terms . Arlington, Va.: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. p.  237. ISBN   9781585623457.