Intervention

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
• Public 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
• Any action intended to change the medical or behavioral outcome for a patient, possibly referring to surgery, medical procedure, medication, medical test, medical advice, providing pamphlets, counseling, confrontation, deprogramming, etc.
• Intervention (journal), a journal published by Medknow Publications

International relations

• Interventionism (politics), a term for a policy of non-defensive activity undertaken by a geo-political jurisdiction to alter the internal dynamics of a certain 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 sovereign state(s)
• Humanitarian intervention, an attempt to reduce suffering of a specific state that is facing a domestic armed conflict
• Entente intervention in the Russian Civil War, took place 1918–1925
• Military offensive or invasion of a sovereign state
• Economic interventionism, when a central bank buys or sells foreign currencies in an attempt to adjust their exchange rates

Entertainment

Film and television

• Intervention (1968 film), Russian film
• Intervention (2007 film), British film
• The Intervention (film), American film, 2016
• Intervention (TV series), American documentary series
• Intervention Canada, a spinoff of the American series
• "Intervention" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• "Intervention" (How I Met Your Mother)
• "Intervention" (Stargate Universe)

Music

• Intervention (album), 2007 album by Finest Hour
• The Intervention (EP), a 2009 album by The Color Fred
• "Intervention" (song), a 2006 song by Arcade Fire
• "Intervention", a song by Dope from the album Felons and Revolutionaries
• "Intervention", a 2003 song by Madonna from American Life
• "Intervention", a 2012 song by Nine Lashes from the album World We View
• "Intervention", a 2011 song by Silverstein from the album Rescue
• "Intervention", a song by Soulfly from the album Enslaved

Other entertainment

• "Intervention" (convention), an annual Internet Culture convention held in Rockville, Maryland
• Intervention (musical), 2007 musical by Matt Corriel and Jill Jaysen
• An Intervention, a 2014 play by Mike Bartlett
• Intervention, a 1987 science fiction novel in the Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May
• Intervention, a 2009 medical thriller novel in the Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery series by Robin Cook

Other

• Intervention (law), a legal procedure for a nonparty to enter an ongoing lawsuit
• Art intervention, an interaction with a previously existing artwork, audience, or venue
• CheyTac Intervention, a bolt-action anti-materiel rifle
• Northern Territory National Emergency Response, a.k.a. "the intervention", changes to welfare by the Australian government in 2007
• Interventions, imprint of Ohio State University Press

See also

• Interventionism (disambiguation)