Psychiatry and Psychology

Automatism

Automatic, mechanical, and apparently undirected behavior which is outside of conscious control.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Automatic, mechanical, and apparently undirected behavior which is outside of conscious control.

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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  1. F02w.463w.425w.179.149w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Automatism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001332. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001332
  2. Automatism. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatism_(medicine)
  3. Automatism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2872623