Psychiatry and Psychology

Pastoral Care

Counseling or comfort given by ministers, priests, rabbis, etc., to those in need of help with emotional problems or stressful situations.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Counseling or comfort given by ministers, priests, rabbis, etc., to those in need of help with emotional problems or stressful situations.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Care, Pastoral
  • Pastoral Psychology
  • Psychology, Pastoral

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

79; was PSYCHOLOGY, PASTORAL 1963-78

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Tree Numbers

  1. F02w.784w.176w.560w
  2. F02w.880w.410w

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NLM Classification

WM 61

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pastoral Care. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010327. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010327
  2. Pastoral Care. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral_care
  3. Pastoral Care. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1081988