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Therapy, in the medical field also called treatment, is what people do to try to solve or care for a health problem, physical or mental. When a person is ill or injured, a doctor may make a medical diagnosis and then recommend a therapy to try to make the person well. The therapy can be, for example, medications (drugs), surgery or a change of diet. Therapy may be offered at work to help people with stress.^[1]

A person who does therapy as a job is called a therapist. There are many kinds of therapists.^[2] for example:

Therapeutic effects[change | change source]

Medical treatments may have four results:

No effect at all.
A therapeutic effect is a good result.
An adverse effect is a bad result.
A side-effect is an unwanted effect from therapy. For example, taking medications as tablets or injections may cause many sorts of side-effects. Examples are headaches, nausea, rash, constipation, blurred vision and others. Radiotherapy can also cause side effects of nausea, rash on the skin, and vomiting, for example.

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

↑ "Therapy at work: banks and law firms among those offering counselling as staff perk". Financial Times. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
↑ "Physical therapist Jobs". Alternative Hub. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

Other websites[change | change source]

"Chapter Nine of the Book of Medicine Dedicated to Mansur, with the Commentary of Sillanus de Nigris" is an old book written in Latin. It was written in 1483. It has parts about therapy in it.

[1] "Therapy at work: banks and law firms among those offering counselling as staff perk". Financial Times. 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-13.

[Jobs_For_Physical_therapist-2] "Physical therapist Jobs". Alternative Hub. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

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-'''Therapy''', in the medical field also called '''treatment''', is what people do to try to solve or care for a [[health]] problem, [[physical]] or [[mental illness|mental]]. When a person is [[ill]] or [[injury|injured]], a [[doctor]] may make a [[medical diagnosis]] and then recommend a therapy to try to make the person well.  The therapy can be, for example, [[medicine]]s (drugs), [[surgery]] or a change of [[diet]]. Micheal is gay.
+'''Therapy''', in the medical field also called '''treatment''', is what people do to try to solve or care for a [[health]] problem, [[Human body|physical]] or [[mental illness|mental]]. When a person is [[ill]] or [[injury|injured]], a [[Medical doctor|doctor]] may make a [[medical diagnosis]] and then recommend a therapy to try to make the person well.  The therapy can be, for example, [[medication]]s (drugs), [[surgery]] or a change of [[diet]].  Therapy may be offered at work to help people with stress.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2023-03-12|title=Therapy at work: banks and law firms among those offering counselling as staff perk|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/adf2d395-b100-403a-8653-ae48fb278be1|access-date=2023-03-13}}</ref>
+A person who does therapy as a job is called a '''therapist.''' There are many kinds of therapists.<ref name="Jobs For Physical therapist">{{cite web|title=Physical therapist Jobs|url=https://alternativehub.org/alternative-jobs-for-physical-therapists/|publisher=Alternative Hub|accessdate=3 May 2019|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503065039/https://alternativehub.org/alternative-jobs-for-physical-therapists/|url-status=dead}}</ref> for example:
-A person who does therapy as a job is called a '''therapist.'''
+* [[:en:Group psychotherapy|Group therapist]]
+* [[Hypnosis#Hypnotherapy|Hypnotherapist]]
+* [[:en:Occupational therapy|Occupational therapist]]
+* [[:en:Physical therapy|Physiotherapist]]
+* [[Psychotherapy|Psychotherapist]]
+* [[:en:Speech-language pathology|Speech therapist]]
 == Therapeutic effects ==
-Medical treatments may have three types of effects:
+Medical treatments may have four results:
+* No effect at all.
 * A ''therapeutic effect'' is a good result.
 * An ''adverse effect'' is a bad result.
-* A ''[[side-effect]]'' is a somewhat bad effect, but weaker than the therapeutic effect.  For example, the therapy may solve the health problem but cause [[headache]]s or [[nausea]] for a time.
+* A ''[[side-effect]]'' is an unwanted effect from therapy. For example, taking medications as tablets or injections may cause many sorts of side-effects. Examples are [[headache]]s, [[nausea]], [[rash]], [[constipation]], [[blurred vision]] and others. Radiotherapy can also cause side effects of nausea, rash on the skin, and vomiting, for example.
-== Other pages ==
+==Related pages==
-* [[Medicine]]
+* [[Chemotherapy]]
-* [[Medication]]
+* [[Pharmacotheraphy]]
+* [[Radiotherapy]]
+==References==
-{{stub}}
+{{reflist}}
+==Other websites==
-[[Category:Medicine]]
+*[http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7384 "Chapter Nine of the Book of Medicine Dedicated to Mansur, with the Commentary of Sillanus de Nigris"] is an old book written in Latin. It was written in 1483. It has parts about therapy in it.
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