medical family therapy

a form of psychotherapy that combines a biopsychosocial systems approach with family systems theory to help families deal with the health problems of a family member. This therapy emphasizes collaboration with others—physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, nutritionists, and the like—in the individual family member’s health care team.

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Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

x-intercept

x -intercept

n. in an equation representing a straight-line relationship between two variables, the value of variable x when the value of variable y equals zero. For example, in the general linear equation format x = a + by, a represents the x-intercept.