Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychology

The science dealing with the study of mental processes and behavior in man and animals.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The science dealing with the study of mental processes and behavior in man and animals.

MeSH Record

Classification

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

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AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011584. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011584
  2. Psychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology
  3. Psychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418