Intervention

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Intervention may refer to:

• a military offensive
  • Humanitarian intervention, an attempt to reduce suffering within a state through armed conflict
  • Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War at 1918-1925

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• 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
• Intervention (economics), 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

in popular culture

• Intervention (TV series), a documentary series
• "Intervention" (Buffy episode), an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• "Intervention" (How I Met Your Mother), an episode of How I Met Your Mother
• "Intervention" (song), a song by Arcade Fire from Neon Bible
• "Intervention", a song by Madonna from American Life
• Intervention, a science fiction novel in the Galactic Milieu Series by Julian May

[edit] See also

• interventionism

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