DeCS

Descriptor English:

Cathexis

Descriptor Spanish:

Catexia

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	catexia
Scope note:	Asignación, consciente o inconsciente, de sentimiento emocional e importancia a una idea, un objeto o, más comúnmente, a una persona.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Catexia

Descriptor French:

Cathexis

Tree number(s):

F01.393.246.250

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002409

Scope note:

Attachment, conscious or unconscious, of emotional feeling and significance to an idea, object or most commonly a person.

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

Public MeSH Note:

91; was see under DISPLACEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY) 1975-90

Online Note:

search DISPLACEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY) 1974

History Note:

91(75); was see under DISPLACEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY) 1975-90

DeCS ID:

2448

Unique ID:

D002409

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

Click here to access the VHL documents

Date Established:

1991/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

1997/06/20

PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Defense Mechanisms [F01.393]

Defense Mechanisms

Displacement, Psychological [F01.393.246]

Displacement, Psychological

Cathexis [F01.393.246.250]

Cathexis

Scapegoating [F01.393.246.500]

Scapegoating

Cathexis - Preferred

Concept UI	M0003676
Scope note	Attachment, conscious or unconscious, of emotional feeling and significance to an idea, object or most commonly a person.
Preferred term	Cathexis

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