Definition of "psychotherapeutics" [psy•cho•ther•a•peu•tics]

• Psychotherapy. (noun)

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• "The same survey found that as of 2008, psychotherapeutics like stimulants and sedatives were the fourth most common drug of choice among 18- to 25-year-olds, with about 5 percent preferring them over alcohol, tobacco or marijuana."
• "There is reason to believe that the alliance of medicine and religion has come to stay, and that the present excitement over psychotherapeutics will settle down into a scientific utilization of religious motive and medical knowledge to prevent mental and moral disease."
• "_ Including a study of the chief points of psychotherapeutics and occultism."