Social Surgery
Pierre Janet saw neurosis as in part the product of the identified patient's social environment - family, social network, work etc. - and considered that in some instances what he called "social surgery" to create more space in that environment would be a beneficial measure.
Similar ideas have since been taken up in community psychiatry and family therapy.
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