It seems to me that intervention is the act of involvement in getting an individual to treatement, where as treatment is the act of treating whatever ails the person. I ask this question because I have heard so many people use the term 'treatment' and 'intervention' interchangeably (inclduing professionals) and I don't think this is right? OR am I wrong?
2007-11-08 01:07:41 · 7 answers · asked by doesitmatter 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Good. I am glad I am right because I am writing a research paper and my Professor told me today that they were the same and I was told by another professor that they weren't.
2007-11-08 01:26:28 · update #1
Thank-You all very much. It is amazing the amount of counselors etc. that use these terms so loosely that it confuses individuals such as myself! I think it is important to get this right.
2007-11-08 01:56:50 · update #2
The topic of my paper is Anorexia.
2007-11-08 02:33:56 · update #3
It sort of takes on 2 different meanings. So yes it can be 2 different things but at the same time its the same.
People call it an "intervention" when they are trying to force someone into rehab for "their own good". But it can also be used in the medical context as putting a stop the any medical disease or situation(such as an intervention of an infection to stop it from spreading). With anorexia for example you can have an intervention to try to stop the person but in the medical world even if the person is going in and getting treatment on their own they are doing an intervention in treating the disease, they are intervening or putting a stop to it. I guess its all how you look at it in reality. It can be used as a physical act as well as term to end anything.
2007-11-08 04:33:20 · answer #1 · answered by Jinx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general you're correct, but don't get too smug. For instance, "interventional radiology" involves treatment and describes something of an expansion of the traditional role of radiologists, which has been largely diagnostic rather than therapeutic in nature. In this case, the intervention implied is an intervention in a disease process rather than an intervention in a person's behavior, and that's where the crossover in usage appears.
2007-11-08 02:24:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they are the same. EBD intervention is trying to get a person to act a certain way, and the therapy is also getting them to help to act a certain way. At the end of the day they both are trying to achieve the same thing.
2015-06-23 06:15:02 · answer #3 · answered by LaFreddie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-17 22:19:04 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intervention is what happens before the person gets treatment. Good luck with your assignment! :)
2007-11-08 01:54:32 · answer #5 · answered by Luv My Babies 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Intervention is just people trying to get someone into rehab/treatment. Or they could just go without intervention.
2007-11-08 01:53:22 · answer #6 · answered by Bob H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are two different things. You are correct about which one is which.
2007-11-08 01:24:12 · answer #7 · answered by kepsaw 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋