"Problem Solving" 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.
A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.
| Descriptor ID |
D011340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.425.725 F02.463.785.810
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Problem Solving" by people in Profiles.
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Piloting a Near-Peer Lay Counselor Based Problem Solving Therapy Intervention for Youth With and Without HIV in Botswana: An Adaptation of the Friendship Bench. J Adolesc Health. 2026 Apr; 78(4):639-647.
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Sex predicts response to novelty and problem-solving in a wild bird with female-biased sexual dimorphism. Proc Biol Sci. 2024 12; 291(2037):20242277.
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Corrected analysis of "the effects of bright light treatment on affective symptoms in people with dementia: a 24-week cluster randomized controlled trial" that accounts for clustering and nesting verifies conclusions. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 09 20; 23(1):683.
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Youth perspectives of working with near peer youth lay counsellors: The Safe Haven Pilot. J Community Psychol. 2023 09; 51(7):3029-3043.
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Practical learning through radiation physics problem solving. Radiography (Lond). 2022 11; 28(4):981-990.
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Wild skuas can use acoustic cues to locate hidden food. Anim Cogn. 2022 Oct; 25(5):1357-1363.
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Problem Solving Training for Veterans with Complex Comorbidities: Treatment Delivery Adaptations during COVID-19. Clin Gerontol. 2022 Jan-Feb; 45(1):145-158.
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Exclusion in the field: wild brown skuas find hidden food in the absence of visual information. Anim Cogn. 2021 Jul; 24(4):867-876.
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Psychometric validation of the reconstructed version of the assessment of reasoning tool. Med Teach. 2021 02; 43(2):168-173.
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Effectiveness of a social problem solving training in youth in detention or on probation: An RCT and pre-post community implementation. Int J Law Psychiatry. 2020 Sep - Oct; 72:101626.