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Examples of talk therapy in a Sentence
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Treatments for the disorder are currently limited to talk therapy and two antidepressant medications, per the National Institute for Mental Health.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
In comparison, 32 to 48 percent of participants who received a placebo paired with talk therapy no longer qualified for such a diagnosis.
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Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2024
Intentionally combining mind-bending substances with talk therapy is thought to be safer, and to catalyze changes that neither a drug nor therapy could spark alone.
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Jonathan Lambert, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2024
One major question raised by the advisory committee was the extent to which the talk therapy contributes to the treatment benefit.
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Emily Mullin, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1979, in the meaning defined above
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“Talk therapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20therapy. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
Medical Definition
talk therapy
noun
: psychotherapy emphasizing conversation between therapist and patient
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