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psychoeducation

psychoeducation noun: education given to people who have, or have to deal with, psychological disturbances.

Noun

psychoeducation (uncountable)

  1. Education given to people who have, or have to deal with, psychological disturbances.
    • Given that some autistic students found socialisation at university to be ‘necessary but exhausting’ (Van Hees et al., 2015), university stakeholders may consider supporting students to find the right balance of academic and social life for themselves at university. For example, universities may...2021 July 25, Jiedi Lei, and Ailsa Russell, “Understanding the role of self-determination in shaping university experiences for autistic and typically developing students in the United Kingdom”, in...

Origin of psychoeducation

From psycho- + education.

Questions about psychoeducation

What does psychoeducation mean?
Psychoeducation means education given to people who have, or have to deal with, psychological disturbances.
What part of speech is psychoeducation?
Psychoeducation is a noun.

Words near psychoeducation in the dictionary

  1. psychoecology
  2. psychoeconomic
  3. psychoeconomics
  4. psychoeconomist
  5. psychoeconomists
  6. psychoeducation
  7. psychoeducational
  8. psychoeducationally
  9. psychoeducative
  10. psychoeducator
  11. psychoeducators

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