An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one or many people – usually family and friends – to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem.

Whats does intervention mean?

a : the act of interfering with the outcome or course especially of a condition or process (as to prevent harm or improve functioning) educational intervention surgical interventions Some women fear a specific intervention, such as being induced, having an emergency cesarean section or going through a forceps delivery. ...

What does intervention mean in healthcare?

In medicine, a treatment, procedure, or other action taken to prevent or treat disease, or improve health in other ways.