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Recreational therapy or therapeutic recreation (TR) is a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activities as interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling conditions, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being. [1]
A "Qualified therapeutic discovery project" is defined as a project designed to: treat or prevent diseases or conditions by conducting preclinical activities, clinical trials, or clinical studies, or carrying out research protocols, for the purpose of securing approval of a drug or biologic; determine molecular factors related to diseases or ...
Therapeutic Horticultural Therapy has its focus on medical and illness recovery. [6] The central belief that therapeutic horticulture therapy revolves around is that being in nature has restorative properties. [citation needed] Therapeutic horticulture might be used to try and improve physical activity, social skills and engagement. [6]
In contrast, therapeutic boarding schools provide therapy and academics in a residential boarding school setting, employing a staff of social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists to work with the students on a daily basis. This form of treatment has a goal of academic achievement as well as physical and mental stability in children ...
First-line therapy (sometimes referred to as induction therapy, primary therapy, or front-line therapy) [10] is the first therapy that will be tried. Its priority over other options is usually either: (1) formally recommended on the basis of clinical trial evidence for its best-available combination of efficacy, safety, and tolerability or (2 ...
A therapeutic garden can be described as being therapeutic in nature when it has been designed to meet the needs of an individual or group. Individuals or groups strive to improve their well-being through active engagement by using plants and engaging in activities ranging from planting, growing and maintaining plants.
In Australia, Diversional Therapy “is a client centred practice [that] recognises that leisure and recreational experiences are the right of all individuals.” [1] Diversional Therapists promote the involvement in leisure, recreation and play by reducing barriers to their client's participation and providing opportunities where the individual may choose to participate and perform their ...
The term psychotherapy is derived from Ancient Greek psyche (ψυχή meaning "breath; spirit; soul") and therapeia (θεραπεία "healing; medical treatment"). The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "The treatment of disorders of the mind or personality by psychological means...", however, in earlier use, it denoted the treatment of disease through hypnotic suggestion.