Intervention

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Intervention may refer to:

Social sciences and health

• Psychological intervention, any action by psychological professionals designed to bring about change in a client
  • Cognitive interventions, a set of techniques and therapies practiced in counseling
  • Intervention (counseling), an attempt to compel a subject to "get help" for an addiction or other problem
• Intervention theory, a term used in social studies and social policy to refer to the decision making problems of intervening effectively in a situation in order to secure desired outcomes
• Human Systems Intervention, the design and implementation of interventions in social settings where adults are confronted with the need to change their perspectives, attitudes, and actions
• Health intervention, an effort to promote good health behaviour or to prevent bad health behaviour
• Intervention (consulting), term used in the field of Organizational Development

International Relations

• Interventionism (politics), a term for a policy of non-defensive activity undertaken by a geo-political jurisdiction to manipulate a society
• Intervention (international law), a term for the use of force by one country or sovereign state in the internal or external affairs of another
• Humanitarian intervention, an attempt to reduce suffering within a state through armed conflict
• Entente intervention in the Russian Civil War, at 1918–1925
• Military offensive or invasion
• Economic interventionism, when a central bank buys or sells foreign currencies in an attempt to adjust exchange rates

Popular media

• An Intervention, a 2014 play by Mike Bartlett
• Intervention (TV series), a documentary series
  • Intervention Canada, a spinoff of the US TV series
• "Intervention" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), a 2001 episode of the television series
• "Intervention" (convention), an annual Internet Culture convention held in Rockville, Maryland
• "Intervention" (How I Met Your Mother), an episode of How I Met Your Mother
• "Intervention" (song), a 2006 song by Arcade Fire from Neon Bible
• "Intervention", a 2003 song by Madonna from American Life
• Intervention, a 2009 medical thriller novel in the Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series by Robin Cook
• Intervention, a 1987 science fiction novel in the Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May
• "Intervention", a song by Dope from the album Felons and Revolutionaries
• "Intervention", a song by Soulfly from the album Enslaved
• "The Intervention", an episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1
• Intervention, a 2012 song by Christian rock band Nine Lashes from the album World we View
• The Intervention (EP), a 2009 album by indie rock band The Color Fred
• The Intervention (film), a 2016 American comedy-drama written and directed by Clea DuVall
• Intervention, a 2011 song by Canadian post-hardcore band Silverstein from the album Rescue
• Intervention (Stargate Universe), an episode in the military science fiction television series
• Intervention (album), a 2007 album by Metalcore band Finest Hour
• Intervention (musical), a 2007 musical by Matt Corriel and Jill Jaysen

Other

• Northern Territory National Emergency Response, often referred to as "the intervention", changes to welfare provision introduced by the Australian government in 2007
• Intervention (law), a legal procedure for a nonparty to enter an ongoing lawsuit
• Intervention study, a specific kind of clinical study design
• Art intervention, an interaction with a previously existing artwork, audience, or venue/space