"Happiness" 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.
Highly pleasant emotion characterized by outward manifestations of gratification; joy.
| Descriptor ID |
D006240
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.470.516
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Happiness" by people in Profiles.
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Eudaimonia. J Psychiatr Pract. 2022 Mar 03; 28(2):91.
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Empathy for joy recruits a broader prefrontal network than empathy for sadness and is predicted by executive functioning. Neuropsychology. 2021 Jan; 35(1):90-102.
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Fronto-striatal activity predicts anhedonia and positive empathy subtypes. Brain Imaging Behav. 2019 Dec; 13(6):1554-1565.
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Early and late cortical reactivity to passively viewed emotional faces in pediatric bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord. 2019 06 15; 253:240-247.
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Accuracy of Predictions of Patients With Breast Cancer of Future Well-being After Immediate Breast Reconstruction. JAMA Surg. 2018 04 18; 153(4):e176112.
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The happy survivor? Effects of differential mortality on life satisfaction in older age. Psychol Aging. 2016 06; 31(4):340-5.
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Women's drinking decisions in sexually risky situations: Effects of a low level of intoxication. Addict Behav. 2015 Aug; 47:61-5.
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The impact of social content and negative symptoms on affective ratings in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res. 2014 Aug 15; 218(1-2):25-30.
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Biological pathways, candidate genes, and molecular markers associated with quality-of-life domains: an update. Qual Life Res. 2014 Sep; 23(7):1997-2013.
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Sad and happy facial emotion recognition impairment in progressive supranuclear palsy in comparison with Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2012 Aug; 18(7):871-5.