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combined therapy

1. psychotherapy in which the client is engaged in two or more treatments with the same or different therapists. For example, couples therapy may include group therapy with several other couples in addition to individual therapy or conjoint therapy for each couple.

2. treatment using a combination of psychotherapy and medication. See also adjunctive therapy; adjuvant therapy.

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paranoid delusion

paranoid delusion

loosely, any of a variety of false personal beliefs tenaciously sustained even in the face of incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. These include delusions of grandeur, delusional jealousy, or, most frequently, delusions of persecution.