Structured Summary
Abstract
The science dealing with the study of mental processes and behavior in man and animals.
MeSH Record
Classification
Broader headings
Narrower headings
- Adolescent Psychology
- Behavioral Economics
- Child Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Cognitive Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Comparative Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Educational Psychology
- Environmental Psychology
- Ethnopsychology
- Experimental Psychology
- Forensic Psychology
- Industrial Psychology
- Medical Psychology
- Positive Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Sports Psychology
MeSH Qualifier
Used as a Subheading
Psychology is also a MeSH subheading (qualifier Q000523), attached to other headings to focus them on this aspect:
Used with non-psychiatric diseases, techniques, and named groups for psychologic, psychiatric, psychosomatic, psychosocial, behavioral, and emotional aspects, and with psychiatric disease for psychologic aspects; used also with animal terms for animal behavior and psychology.
- Qualifier ID
- Q000523
- Qualifier Tree
- Y37
Indexing annotation
subhead only; includes "psychiatric", "psychosomatic", "psychogenic", "emotional", "affective", "behavioral"; see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.59; DF: /psychol or /PX
Subheading synonyms
- affective aspects
- cognitive aspects
- emotional aspects
- mental aspects
- psychiatric aspects
- psychogenic aspects
- psychosocial aspects
- psychosomatic aspects
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MeSH Record
Synonyms
12 entry terms
- Factors, Psychological
- Psychological Factors
- Psychological Side Effects
- Psychosocial Factors
- Side Effects, Psychological
- Factor, Psychological
- Factor, Psychosocial
- Factors, Psychosocial
- Psychological Factor
- Psychological Side Effect
- Psychosocial Factor
- Side Effect, Psychological
MeSH Record
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.
MeSH Record
Indexing Annotation
specialty; prefer /psychol; may be used NIM for "psychological aspects of" terms which do not permit /psycho
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Psychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011584. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011584
- Psychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology
- Psychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418