Intervention

Intervention may refer to:

  • Interventionism (politics)
    • Humanitarian intervention, an attempt to reduce suffering within a state through armed conflict
    • Entente intervention in the Russian Civil War at 1918-1925
    • Invasion or military offensive
  • Intervention (counseling), an attempt to compel a subject to "get help" for an addiction or other problem
    • Cognitive interventions, a set of techniques and therapies practiced in counseling
  • Economic interventionism, when a central bank buys or sells foreign currencies in an attempt to adjust exchange rates
  • Intervention (law), a legal procedure for a nonparty to enter an ongoing lawsuit
  • Health intervention, an effort to promote good health behaviour or to prevent bad health behaviour
  • Art intervention, an interaction with a previously existing artwork, audience, or venue/space
  • The Ottaviani Intervention, a study written by Cardinals Alfredo Ottaviani and Antonio Bacci to Pope Paul VI concerning changes to the Catholic Mass
  • Well intervention, a term for the maintenance and repair of oil and gas wells
  • Another name for the Northern Territory National Emergency Response
  • CheyTac Intervention, a long range sniper rifle
  • Intervention (consulting), term used in the field of Organizational Development
  • Northern Territory National Emergency Response, often referred to as "the intervention", changes to welfare provision introduced by the Australian government in 2007

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