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milieu therapy

psychotherapeutic treatment based on modification or manipulation of the client’s life circumstances or immediate environment. Milieu therapy attempts to organize the social and physical setting in which the client lives or is being treated in such a way as to promote healthier, more adaptive cognitions, emotions, and behavior. See also environmental therapy; therapeutic community.

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AVLT

AVLT

abbreviation for Auditory Verbal Learning Test. See Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test.