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interview group psychotherapy

a form of analytic group psychotherapy for adolescents and adults that focuses on fixations and difficulties of the libido and relies primarily upon catharsis, insight, and reality testing to effect personality change. A balanced therapeutic group is selected on the basis of common problems and personal characteristics, and participants are encouraged to reveal their attitudes, symptoms, and feelings. [developed by Russian-born U.S. psychotherapist Samuel Richard Slavson (1890–1981)]

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antipyretic

antipyretic

n. a drug that helps control fever or other forms of hyperthermia (raised body temperature) by acting on the thermoregulatory center in the hypothalamus. Antipyretics may also help the body to dissipate heat faster by dilating peripheral arteries. Aspirin and other nonopioid analgesics function as antipyretics.