Glossary

Therapeutic parenting is a form of attachment therapy, an extremely controversial group of therapies designed to help children with attachment disorders.

Therapeutic recreation (TR) is the provision of recreational services based on individuals’ interests to improve functioning and help individuals become as active, healthy and independent as possible

Therapeutic touch is an intervention in which the practitioner claims to alter the patient's energy field through an energy transfer that moves from the hands of the practitioner to the patient.

Theraplay is an alternative spelling of pheraplay, a form of relationship-based therapy, which uses play to emphasize the bond between parent and child.

Therapy is a medical term meaning the treatment of a disease or condition.

A therapy dog is trained to provide comfort and affection to people in long-term care, hospitals, retirement homes, schools, mental health facilities, and other stressful situations. 

Thiamin is another term for Vitamin B-1, one of the B group of vitamins.

Thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfidean is a synthetic form of allithiamine, which is a disulfide derivative of thiamine (Vitamin B-1), a substance that occurs naturally in garlic

Thimerosal is a mercury-containing organic compound once widely used as a preservative in a number of biological and drug products, including many vaccines.

Thioridazine is a type of typical antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia and symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and hostility.

Thiotic acid is another name for alpha lipoic acid, an antioxidant that is manufactured in the human body.

Thought-bubble training is a form of theory of mind training, an intervention which teaches individuals how to work out what other people may be thinking and feeling

Tianeptine is a type of antidepressant drug called a selective serotonin reuptake enhancer.

A tic is a condition in which a part of the body moves repeatedly, quickly, suddenly and uncontrollably.

Time delay is a brief delay which occurs between the opportunity to use a skill and any additional instructions or prompts.

A tinted lens is a type of coloured filter, used to block the wavelengths of light to which an individual is sensitive.

TJ-54 is another term for yokukansan, a traditional Asian herbal medicine.

TMS is an acronym for transcranial magnetic stimulation, a procedure that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain.

Tofranil is a brand name for imipramine, a tricyclic antidepressant used to treat depression and also to prevent bedwetting in children.

Toileting is the act of helping someone to perform the actions of urinating or defecating including helping them to do so if they are unable to get out of bed or are incontinent.