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Psychotherapy involves talking to a trained mental health professional in order to manage mental health issues.
Follow the links below to find information about psychotherapy. To see summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of psychotherapy, follow the link to the specific topic page below.
Reviewed May 2009
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