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Descriptor English: Emotional Abuse
Descriptor Spanish: Abuso Emocional
Descriptor abuso emocional
Entry term(s) abuso psicológico
Scope note: Abuso no físico definido como un patrón de comportamiento en el que una persona somete deliberada y repetidamente a otra a actos no físicos que son perjudiciales para el funcionamiento conductual y afectivo y para el bienestar mental general. (Traducción libre del original: APA Dictionary of Psychology, consultado el 21-4-2020).
Descriptor Portuguese: Abuso Emocional
Descriptor French: Violence émotionnelle
Entry term(s): Abuse, Emotional
Abuse, Psychological
Abuses, Emotional
Abuses, Psychological
Emotional Abuses
Psychological Abuse
Psychological Abuses
Tree number(s): I01.880.735.305
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000085202
Scope note: Nonphysical abuse as defined as a pattern of behavior in which one person deliberately and repeatedly subjects another to nonphysical acts that are detrimental to behavioral and affective functioning and overall mental well-being. (APA Dictionary of Psychology, accessed 4/21/2020).
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
EH ethnology
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 2021
History Note: 2021
DeCS ID: 59472
Unique ID: D000085202
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Date Established: 2021/01/01
Date of Entry: 2020/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/07/08
Emotional Abuse - Preferred
Concept UI M000683877
Scope note Nonphysical abuse as defined as a pattern of behavior in which one person deliberately and repeatedly subjects another to nonphysical acts that are detrimental to behavioral and affective functioning and overall mental well-being. (APA Dictionary of Psychology, accessed 4/21/2020).
Preferred term Emotional Abuse
Entry term(s) Abuse, Emotional
Abuse, Psychological
Abuses, Emotional
Abuses, Psychological
Emotional Abuses
Psychological Abuse
Psychological Abuses



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