Psychiatry and Psychology

Parents

Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.

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Synonyms

12 entry terms
  • Parent
  • Parental Age
  • Parenthood Status
  • Step-Parents
  • Stepparent
  • Age, Parental
  • Ages, Parental
  • Parental Ages
  • Status, Parenthood
  • Step Parents
  • Step-Parent
  • Stepparents

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Aspects Covered

2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings education, psychology.

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Indexing Annotation

HUMAN only; /psychol: consider also PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; "unwed parent": coord IM with ILLEGITIMACY (IM)

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History Note

69(67)

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Previous Indexing

  • Family (1966)

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Tree Numbers

  1. F01.829w.263w.875w
  2. I01w.880w.853.150w.688w
  3. M01w.620w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Parents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010290. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010290
  2. Parents. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent
  3. Parents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7566