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Descriptor English: Neuropsychiatry
Descriptor Spanish: Neuropsiquiatría
Descriptor neuropsiquiatría
Scope note: Subespecialidad de la psiquiatría que se centra en la subestructura somática en la que se basan las operaciones mentales y las emociones, y en los trastornos funcionales u orgánicos del sistema nervioso central que causan trastornos mentales y emocionales, contribuyen o se asocian a ellos. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 8th ed.)
Descriptor Portuguese: Neuropsiquiatria
Descriptor French: Neuropsychiatrie
Tree number(s): F04.096.544.504
H02.403.690.754
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058027
Scope note: A subfield of psychiatry that emphasizes the somatic substructure on which mental operations and emotions are based, and the functional or organic disturbances of the central nervous system that give rise to, contribute to, or are associated with mental and emotional disorders. (From Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 8th ed.)
Annotation: specialty only
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Related: Neuropsychology MeSH
DeCS ID: 54306
Unique ID: D058027
NLM Classification: WM 102
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Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Neuropsychiatry - Preferred
Concept UI M0540531
Scope note A subfield of psychiatry that emphasizes the somatic substructure on which mental operations and emotions are based, and the functional or organic disturbances of the central nervous system that give rise to, contribute to, or are associated with mental and emotional disorders. (From Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 8th ed.)
Preferred term Neuropsychiatry



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