Psychiatry and Psychology

Adult Children

Children who have reached maturity or the legal age of majority.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Children who have reached maturity or the legal age of majority.

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Classification

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Adult Daughters
  • Adult Offspring
  • Adult Sons
  • Children, Adult
  • Offspring, Adult
  • Adult Daughter
  • Adult Son
  • Daughter, Adult
  • Daughters, Adult
  • Son, Adult
  • Sons, Adult

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

HUMAN only; use only when the subject of discussion, not as a checktag

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History Note

2003; use FAMILY 2002

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Previous Indexing

  • Family (1974-2002)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. F01.829w.263w.065
  2. I01w.880w.853.150w.281
  3. M01w.055

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Adult Children. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D032721. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D032721
  2. Adult Children. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69941127