Interpersonal psychotherapies in medicine.
One person can sometimes influence another in a face-to-face encounter, and in psychotherapy the aim is to maximise this effect, when appropriate and possible, for relief of distress, modification of disease processes, and/or growth of personality.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*