Psychoeducation is education about a certain situation or condition that causes psychological stress. This is not necessarily psychotherapy as it does not exclusively deal with psychological or mental illness’ but rather any condition you or a relative or a friend is experiencing. Once a person better understands a condition they feel more in control of the situation and this in turn reduces the associated stress.

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