Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychiatric Social Work

Use of all social work processes in the treatment of patients in a psychiatric or mental health setting.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Use of all social work processes in the treatment of patients in a psychiatric or mental health setting.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Psychiatric Social Service
  • Social Service, Psychiatric
  • Social Work, Psychiatric
  • Psychiatric Social Services
  • Psychiatric Social Works
  • Service, Psychiatric Social
  • Services, Psychiatric Social
  • Social Services, Psychiatric
  • Social Works, Psychiatric
  • Work, Psychiatric Social
  • Works, Psychiatric Social

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

78; was SOCIAL SERVICE, PSYCHIATRIC 1963-77

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. F04.408.823w
  2. I01w.880w.792w.410w
  3. N02.421.461.798w
  4. N02.421.849w.673w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychiatric Social Work. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012949. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012949
  2. Psychiatric Social Work. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_social_work
  3. Psychiatric Social Work. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69886737