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Descriptor English: Mentally Ill Persons
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermos Mentales
Descriptor personas con enfermedad mental
Entry term(s) enfermos mentales
pacientes mentales
Scope note: Personas con enfermedades o trastornos mentales, particularmente psicóticos y con trastornos graves de la personalidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes
Descriptor French: Personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux
Entry term(s): Ill, Mentally
Mental Patients
Mentally Ill
Mentally Ill Person
Person, Mentally Ill
Persons, Mentally Ill
Tree number(s): M01.150.725
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D028642
Scope note: Persons with psychiatric illnesses or diseases, particularly psychotic and severe mood disorders.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Mental Disorders (1974-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Related: Commitment of Mentally Ill MeSH
Mental Disorders MeSH
DeCS ID: 36377
Unique ID: D028642
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2002/07/03
Mentally Ill Persons - Preferred
Concept UI M0382810
Scope note Persons with psychiatric illnesses or diseases, particularly psychotic and severe mood disorders.
Preferred term Mentally Ill Persons
Entry term(s) Ill, Mentally
Mental Patients
Mentally Ill
Mentally Ill Person
Person, Mentally Ill
Persons, Mentally Ill



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