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Descriptor English: Psychiatry
Descriptor Spanish: Psiquiatría
Descriptor psiquiatría
Entry term(s) siquiatría
Scope note: Especialidad médica que estudia el origen, diagnóstico, prevención y tratamiento de los trastornos mentales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Psiquiatria
Descriptor French: Psychiatrie
Tree number(s): F04.096.544
H02.403.690
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011570
Scope note: The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
Annotation: specialty only; do not confuse with MENTAL DISORDERS
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
DeCS ID: 12007
Unique ID: D011570
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Psychiatry - Preferred
Concept UI M0017987
Scope note The medical science that deals with the origin, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders.
Preferred term Psychiatry



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