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bibliotherapy

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bib⋅li⋅o⋅ther⋅a⋅py

  [bib-lee-oh-ther-uh-pee]
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–noun Psychiatry.
the use of reading as an ameliorative adjunct to therapy.
Origin:
1915–20; biblio- + therapy

Related forms:
bib⋅li⋅o⋅ther⋅a⋅peu⋅tic  [bib-lee-oh-ther-uh-pyoo-tik] , adjective
bib⋅li⋅o⋅ther⋅a⋅pist, noun
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bib·li·o·ther·a·py   (bĭb'lē-ō-thěr'ə-pē)   
n.  A form of supportive psychotherapy in which carefully selected reading materials are used to assist a subject in solving personal problems or for other therapeutic purposes.
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Main Entry: bib·lio·ther·a·py
Pronunciation: -'ther-&-pE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -pies
: the use of selected reading materials as therapeutic adjuvants in medicine and in psychiatry; also : guidance in the solution of personal problems through directed reading —bib·lio·ther·a·peu·tic /-ther-&-'pyüt-ik/ adjective
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bibliotherapy bib·li·o·ther·a·py (bĭb'lē-ō-thěr'ə-pē)
n.
A form of psychotherapy in which selected reading materials are used to assist a person in solving personal problems or for other therapeutic purposes.

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