Psychiatry and Psychology

Awareness

The act of taking account of an object or state of affairs. It does not imply assessment of, nor attention to the qualities or nature of the object.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The act of taking account of an object or state of affairs. It does not imply assessment of, nor attention to the qualities or nature of the object.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Situation Awareness
  • Situational Awareness
  • Awareness, Situation
  • Awareness, Situational
  • Awarenesses
  • Awarenesses, Situation
  • Awarenesses, Situational
  • Situation Awarenesses
  • Situational Awarenesses

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

awareness of health matters = HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE

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History Note

91(75); was see under COGNITION 1975-90

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Tree Number

  1. F02w.463w.188w.150w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Awareness. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001364. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001364
  2. Awareness. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awareness
  3. Awareness. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4338318