"Mental Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.
| Descriptor ID |
D001523
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F03
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| Concept/Terms |
Mental Disorders- Mental Disorders
- Disorder, Mental
- Disorders, Mental
- Mental Disorder
Mental Disorders, Severe- Mental Disorders, Severe
- Disorder, Severe Mental
- Disorders, Severe Mental
- Mental Disorder, Severe
- Severe Mental Disorder
- Severe Mental Disorders
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mental Disorders" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mental Disorders" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1997 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1999 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2000 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2004 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2005 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2006 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2007 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2008 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2009 | 16 | 8 | 24 |
| 2010 | 20 | 6 | 26 |
| 2011 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5 | 27 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5 | 29 |
| 2015 | 38 | 5 | 43 |
| 2016 | 23 | 7 | 30 |
| 2017 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2018 | 30 | 4 | 34 |
| 2019 | 31 | 1 | 32 |
| 2020 | 19 | 2 | 21 |
| 2021 | 22 | 3 | 25 |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2024 | 18 | 14 | 32 |
| 2025 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mental Disorders" by people in Profiles.
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Psychiatric Conditions and Symptoms After Toxic Environmental Exposures During Military Service: An Evidence Map. Med Care. 2026 Jan 01; 64(2S Suppl 2):S137-S148.
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Brain-Behavior Relationships: Neural Mechanisms of Impulsivity and Compulsivity in Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Cogn Behav Neurol. 2025 Dec 01; 38(4):157-175.
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Prevalence of clinically relevant nightmares and their differences by sex and diagnosis in psychiatric inpatients. Sleep Med. 2026 Jan; 137:106900.
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The Effects of Interpersonal Violence and Traumatic Brain Injuries on Mental Health Diagnoses in Female and Male Veterans. J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2025 Nov-Dec 01; 40(6):E501-E513.
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Emergency Physician Versus Telemedicine Psychiatrist Impression of Patient Need for Inpatient Psychiatric Care. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 Jan; 33(1):e70162.
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Innovations in Models of Staged Care for Youth Mental Health: A Scoping Review. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2025 Dec; 48(4):619-643.
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Bridging psychiatry and rare genetic diseases: a scoping review of therapeutic strategies and diagnostic delay paired with healthcare economic burden analysis. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025 Aug 01; 20(1):393.
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Psychometric Properties of Object Relations Scales for the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank in an Inpatient Sample. J Pers Assess. 2026 Jan-Feb; 108(1):56-64.
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Validation of contemporary scoring algorithms for medical clearance of emergency department psychiatric patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Nov; 97:11-17.
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First-Year Psychiatric Outcome of Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Longitudinal Controlled Study. J Neurotrauma. 2025 Sep; 42(17-18):1534-1549.