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Milieu Therapy

Scope Note: 
Treatment that modifies a person's life circumstances or immediate environment (Note: Mental institutions or rehabilitation centers that use milieu therapy are often called therapeutic communities, and, prior to Mar80, this concept was usually indexed under "Therapeutic Environment")
Category: Mental Health
Broader Terms
Psychotherapy
Narrower Terms
N/A
Use this term instead of
Environmental Therapy
Situational Therapy
Therapeutic Communities (2004)
Related Terms
Family Counseling
Group Therapy
Humanization
Psychiatric Hospitals
Rehabilitation Centers
Therapeutic Environment
Added to ERIC: 7/1/1966