Psychiatry and Psychology

Preventive Psychiatry

A discipline concerned with the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A discipline concerned with the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Psychiatry, Preventive

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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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Indexing Annotation

specialty; do not confuse with MENTAL DISORDERS /prev or specific ment disord /prev or with MENTAL HEALTH

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History Note

91(75); was see under COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY 1980-90; was see under PSYCHIATRY, COMMUNITY 1973-79

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  1. F04.096w.544w.215.508w
  2. H02w.403w.690w.150.580w
  3. H02w.403w.720w.750w.550w

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NLM Classification

WM 31.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Preventive Psychiatry. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011316. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011316
  2. Preventive Psychiatry. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevention_of_mental_disorders
  3. Preventive Psychiatry. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48998239