counseling

Introduction

Supportive & educational interventions aimed at assisting the patient or family in identifying key issues & problem solving around them.

More general terms

• behavioral therapy

More specific terms

• behavioral counseling; counseling for behavioral change
• counseling for alcoholism
• counseling for back pain
• counseling for cataracts
• counseling for contraception with antiretroviral therapy
• counseling for dementia
• counseling for epilepsy
• counseling for glaucoma
• counseling for lcohol use with hepatitis C
• counseling for macular degeneration
• counseling for opioid dependence
• counseling for osteoporosis
• counseling for Parkinson's disease
• counseling for prostate cancer
• counseling for smoking cessation
• counseling for tobaccoism
• exercise prescribing (counseling)
• genetic counseling

Additional terms

• patient education; patient-clinician communication