Indexing principles for Category F - Psychiatry and Psychology

Category F - Subheadings

Terms in category F tend to be IM. A limited number of subheadings are permitted with the MeSH terms in Categories F1, F2

Categories F1, F2:

/classification

/physiology

/drug effects

/radiation effects

/ethics

 

Categories F3:

/blood

/ethnology

/physiopathology

/cerebrospinal fluid

/etiology

/prevention & control

/classification

/genetics

/psychology

/chemically induced

/history

/radiography
/classification /immunology /radionuclide imaging
/complications /metabolism /rehabilitation
/diagnosis /microbiology /surgery
/diet therapy /mortality /ultrasonography
/drug therapy /nursing /therapy
/economics /parasitology /urine
/enzymology /pathology /virology
/epidemiology    

Categories F4:

/classification

/legislation & jurisprudence

/ethics*

/manpower

/economics

/statistics & numerical data
/education /methods
/history /trends
/instrumentation /standards
/organization & administration  

* although subheading /ethics is allowed with some category F MeSH terms, use it with caution.

Not every subheading above is allowed for every term in Category F. Check the “Allowable qualifiers” information in the terms MeSH entry.