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Psychiatric disabilities

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Thesaurus entry

Scope note: Formerly MENTAL ILLNESS. Psychoses, mental or emotional disorders; broad term includes any disorder which affects the mind or behavior. Use narrower terms listed below when applicable. Term added July 1998

Narrower terms

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• Anxiety disorders
• Autism
• Behavior disorders
• Depression
• Emotional disorders
• Schizophrenia

Broader terms

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• Disabilities

Related terms

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• Behavior modification
• Emotions
• Psychiatric evaluation
• Psychiatry
• Psychology

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• Mental illness
• Personality disorders
• Psychosis

Database Information

Prolific authors

The following are the authors with the most articles on Psychiatric disabilities in the CIRRIE database in the past five years (2008-2013).

• Shih CH: 28 articles
• Lin JD: 26 articles
• Shih CT: 25 articles
• Sigafoos J: 23 articles
• Lancioni GE: 22 articles

Top journals

The following are the journals that have published the most articles about Psychiatric disabilities in the CIRRIE database in the past five years (2008-2013).

• Research in Developmental Disabilities: 299 articles
• Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: 197 articles
• Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders: 157 articles
• Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: 141 articles
• Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease: 128 articles