Health Care

Psychiatric Hospitals

Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Special hospitals which provide care to the mentally ill patient.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Hospitals, Mental
  • Hospitals, Psychiatric
  • Mental Hospitals
  • Mental Institutions
  • Hospital, Mental
  • Hospital, Psychiatric
  • Institution, Mental
  • Institutions, Mental
  • Mental Hospital
  • Mental Institution
  • Psychiatric Hospital

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10 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

coord IM with hosp ownership term (e.g., HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; etc.) (IM or NIM) if pertinent; specify geog

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychiatric Hospitals. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006778. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006778
  2. Psychiatric Hospitals. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatric_hospital
  3. Psychiatric Hospitals. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210999