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Classify material on medicolegal psychiatry in W 740;
Classify in WM, however, works on specific mental disorders of childhood, adolescence, or old age unless specifically instructed to do otherwise.
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WM 1-110 Reference Works. General Works | |
WM 140-167 Mental Disorders. Diagnosis. Behavioral Symptoms | |
WM 170-197 Neurotic Disorders | |
WM 200-220 Psychotic Disorders | |
WM 270-290 Substance-Related Disorders | |
WM 300-308 Mental Retardation | |
WM 400-460.7 Therapies | |
WM 475-611 Other Disorders | |
Reference Works. General Works | |
WM 1 |
Societies
(Cutter from name of society)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Includes ephermeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.
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Collected works (General) | |
WM 5 |
By several authors
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WM 7 |
By individual authors
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WM 9 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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WM 11 |
History
(Table G)
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WM 11.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WM 13 |
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WM 15 |
Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WM 16 |
Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WM 17 |
Atlases. Pictorial works
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WM 18 |
Education
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Classify here works about education.
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WM 18.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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WM 19 |
Schools and colleges
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.
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WM 19.5 |
Graduate and continuing education in psychiatry (including fellowships, internships, residencies, etc.)
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WM 20 |
Research (General)
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Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.
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WM 21 |
Mental health careers and professions. Types of practice. Peer review
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Classify works for and about psychiatric aides in WY 160.
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WM 22 |
Directories
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WM 22.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Laboratories, institutes, etc. | |
WM 23 |
Collective
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WM 24 |
Individual
(Cutter form name of institution)
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WM 25 |
Experimental psychiatric techniques
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WM 26 |
Equipment and supplies
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Classify catalogs in W 26.
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WM 26.5 |
Informatics. Automatic data processing. Computers (General)
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Classify works on use for special subject by subject.
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Hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc. | |
Classify works limited to psychiatric hospitals for children in WS 27-28. | |
WM 27 |
Collective
(Table G)
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WM 27.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WM 28 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of hospital)
(Table G)
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Museums, exhibitions, etc. | |
WM 28.5 |
Collective
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WM 28.6 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of museum, etc.)
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WM 29 |
Community mental health centers. Rehabilitation centers. Treatment facilities and programs, etc.
(Table G)
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WM 29.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WM 29.5 |
Patients. Attitude and compliance. Satisfaction
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WM 30 |
Administrative psychiatry
(e.g., Management of hospitals, etc. Supervision of students. Mental health services) |
WM 30.5 |
Psychiatric social work
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WM 30.6 |
Community psychiatry (General)
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WM 31 |
Socioeconomic and environmental factors in mental illness
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WM 31.5 |
Preventive measures in psychiatry
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WM 32 | |
Cf. W 740 Forensic psychiatry.
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WM 32.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Include international law.
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WM 33 |
Discussion of law
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WM 33.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WM 34 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WM 35 |
Practices in the care of the mentally ill
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Classify here works on ward attendance, restraints, and techniques in home care, etc. Cf. WY 160 Psychiatric nursing.
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WM 40 |
Case reports (General)
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Classify here case books, biographies and autobiographies of the mentally ill. Classify case histories limited to one disease with the disease. Classify works on famous persons in WZ 313.
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WM 49 |
Art and literature as related to psychiatry. Symbolic case reports
(e.g., Electra, Hamlet, Oedipus, Don Juan, etc.) |
WM 55 |
Psychological counseling
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[WM 58] |
[This number not used]
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Classify psychiatry social work in WM 30.5.
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WM 61 |
Pastoral care
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WM 62 |
Psychiatrists' social relations. Attitude. Ethics
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Classify here works on relations with patients, the public, clubs, societies, etc.
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WM 64 |
Referral and consultation (General)
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WM 75 |
Popular works (General)
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WM 90 |
Psychophysiologic disorders. Psychosomatic medicine (General)
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Classify here works on the profession. Classify general works on psychophysiologic sex disorders in WM 611.
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WM 100 |
General works
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Classify works on specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WM 140.
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WM 102 |
Biological psychiatry
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WM 105 |
Clinical psychology. Mental health
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WM 110 |
Military psychiatry
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Mental Disorders. Diagnosis. Behavioral Symptoms | |
WM 140 |
Mental disorders (General)
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WM 141 |
Psychiatric examination. Diagnosis
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WM 145 |
Psychological tests (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Classify works on intelligence tests in BF 431-432.5.
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WM 145.5 |
Specific tests, A-Z
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WM 145.5.B4 |
Bender-Gestalt test
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WM 145.5.C3 |
Cattell personality factor questionnaire
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WM 145.5.I5 |
Ink blot tests
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WM 145.5.M6 |
MMPI
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WM 145.5.N4 |
Neuropsychological tests
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WM 145.5.P8 |
Projective techniques
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WM 145.5.R7 |
Rorschach test
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[WM 145.5.R8] |
[This number not used]
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Classify Rosenzweig picture-frustration study in WM 145.5.P8
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[WM 145.5.S9] |
[This number not used]
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Classify Szondi test in WM 145.5.P8
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WM 145.5.T3 |
Thematic apperception test
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WM 145.5.W9 |
Word association tests
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WM 165 |
Behavioral symptoms (General or not elsewhere classified)
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WM 167 |
Psychological aspects of crime victims
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Neurotic Disorders | |
WM 170 |
Neurotic disorders
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WM 171 |
Affective symptoms
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Include works on depression and depressive disorder here. Cf. WM 207 Manic depressive psychoses.
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WM 172 |
Anxiety. Anxiety disorders
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WM 173 |
Hysteria and associated disorders
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WM 173.5 |
Conversion disorder
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WM 173.6 |
Dissociative disorders
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WM 173.7 |
Amnesia and other memory disorders
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WM 174 |
Neurasthenia. Mental fatigue
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WM 175 |
Anorexia nervosa. Bulimia
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Classify here eating disorders associated with neuroses. Cf. WI 143 for eating disorders in general; WS 115-130 for disorders of children and infants.
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WM 176 |
Obsessive-compulsive disorders. Compulsive behavior. Obsessive behavior
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WM 178 |
Phobic disorders. Hypochondriasis. Sick role. Factitious disorders
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Classify works on sick role associated with a particular disease with the disease.
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WM 184 |
Combat disorders
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WM 188 |
Sleep disorders and associated conditions
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Classify here material on all disorders of sleep regardless of severity. Include popular works. Cf. WL 108 Physiology of sleep.
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WM 190 |
Personality disorders (General or not elsewhere classified)
(e.g., Inadequate personality. Passive-dependent personality) |
WM 193 |
Defense mechanisms
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Classify works on purely psychological aspects of various defense mechanisms in appropriate BF numbers. Cf. WM 173.5 Conversion reaction; WS 350.8.D3 Defense mechanism in children. | |
WM 193.5 |
Special topics, A-Z
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WM 193.5.A2 |
Acting out
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WM 193.5.D3 |
Denial (Psychology)
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WM 193.5.D5 |
Displacement (Psychology)
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WM 193.5.P3 |
Perceptual defense
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WM 193.5.P7 |
Projection
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WM 193.5.R1 |
Rationalization
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WM 193.5.R2 |
Regression
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WM 193.5.R4 |
Repression
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WM 193.5.S8 |
Sublimation. Fantasy
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WM 197 |
Psychomotor disorders (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Classify specific disorders by subject, e.g., Apraxia WL 340.
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Psychotic Disorders | |
WM 200 |
Psychoses
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WM 202 |
Functional
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WM 203 |
Schizophrenia and schizophrenic syndromes
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WM 203.5 |
Autistic disorder
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WM 204 |
Cognition and perceptual disorders associated with psychoses
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WM 205 |
Paranoid disorders
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WM 207 |
Psychotic affective disorders (including bipolar disorder)
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Classify works on reactive depression and on non-psychotic affective symptoms in WM 171.
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[WM 210] |
[This number not used]
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Classify works on antisocial personality in WM 190.
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WM 220 |
Organic psychoses (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Classify here works on psychoses associated with infections, convulsive disorders, neurologic disorders, etc.
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Substance-Related Disorders | |
When treated as chemicals, classify the substances in QV. | |
WM 270 |
Substance-related disorders
(e.g., Substance dependence. Substance abuse) |
WM 274 |
Alcohol-related disorders
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WM 275 |
Amphetamine-related disorders
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WM 276 |
Marijuana abuse
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WM 280 |
Cocaine-related disorders
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WM 284 |
Opioid-related disorders
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WM 286 |
Opium dependence. Morphine dependence
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WM 288 |
Heroin dependence
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WM 290 |
Tobacco use disorder
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Mental Retardation | |
WM 300 |
Mental retardation. Down syndrome
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Classify works on mental retardation of children in WS 107. Classify works on education of the mentally retarded in LC 4601-4640.5.
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WM 302 |
Case studies. Biographical accounts
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WM 304 |
Evaluation. Prognosis
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WM 307 |
Special problems, A-Z
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WM 307.C6 |
Communication
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WM 307.M5 |
Mental disorders
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WM 307.S3 |
Sex problems (General)
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WM 307.S6 |
Social problems (General)
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WM 308 |
Rehabilitation and training (General)
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Therapies | |
WM 400 |
Therapy
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(General or not elsewhere classified) Cf. WL 370 Psychosurgery.
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WM 401 |
Emergency psychiatric services. Crisis intervention
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Classify works on interventions for victims of rape and other crimes. Classify works on community mental health programs in WM 30.
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WM 402 |
Drug therapy
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WM 405 |
Physical therapy (General or not elsewhere classified)
(e.g., Induced hyperthermia) |
WM 410 |
Shock. Insulin shock therapy
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WM 412 |
Electric. Electronarcosis
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WM 415 |
Hypnosis
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WM 420 |
Psychotherapy (General or not elsewhere classified)
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WM 420.5 |
Special types, A-Z
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WM 420.5.A2 |
Abreaction. Catharsis
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WM 420.5.G3 |
Gestalt therapy
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WM 420.5.I3 |
Imagery (Psychotherapy)
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WM 420.5.N8 |
Nondirective therapy
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WM 420.5.P5 |
Psychotherapy, Brief
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WM 420.5.P7 |
Psychotherapy, Multiple
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WM 420.5.P8 |
Psychotherapy, Rational-Emotive
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WM 425 |
Behavior therapy
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WM 425.5 |
Special types, A-Z
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WM 425.5.A9 |
Aversive therapy
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WM 425.5.B6 |
Biofeedback (Psychology)
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WM 425.5.C6 |
Cognitive therapy
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WM 425.5.D4 |
Desensitization, Psychologic. Implosive therapy
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WM 425.5.R3 |
Relaxation techniques
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WM 426 |
Self-help groups
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WM 428 |
Socioenvironmental therapy
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WM 430 |
Group psychotherapy
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WM 430.5 |
Special types, A-Z
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WM 430.5.F2 |
Family therapy
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WM 430.5.H2 |
Disabled
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WM 430.5.M3 |
Marital therapy
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WM 430.5.P8 |
Psychodrama
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WM 430.5.S3 |
Sensitivity training groups. Encounter groups
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Cf. HM 1086 for general sociological works.
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WM 440 |
Milieu therapy. Therapeutic community
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WM 445 |
Residential treatment (General)
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WM 450 |
Activity therapy. Sensory art therapies
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WM 450.5 |
Special types, A-Z
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WM 450.5.A8 |
Art therapy
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WM 450.5.B5 |
Bibliotherapy
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WM 450.5.D2 |
Dance therapy
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WM 450.5.M8 |
Music therapy
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WM 450.5.O2 |
Occupational therapy
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WM 450.5.P5 |
Photography
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WM 450.5.P7 |
Play therapy
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WM 450.5.V5 |
Videotherapy
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WM 450.5.W9 |
Writing
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WM 460 |
Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic theory
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WM 460.5 |
Special topics associated with psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic therapy or interpretation, A-Z
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WM 460.5.B7 |
Bonding, Human-Pet
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WM 460.5.C5 |
Communication
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WM 460.5.C7 |
Creativeness
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WM 460.5.D8 |
Dreams. Symbolism
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WM 460.5.E3 |
Ego. Self
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WM 460.5.E8 |
Existentialism. Logotherapy
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WM 460.5.E9 |
Extraversion. Introversion
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WM 460.5.F8 |
Free association
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WM 460.5.F9 |
Freudian theory
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WM 460.5.I4 |
Identification
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WM 460.5.I5 |
Individuation
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WM 460.5.J9 |
Jungian theory
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WM 460.5.L2 |
Language
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WM 460.5.M5 |
Memory
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WM 460.5.M6 |
Motivation
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WM 460.5.O2 |
Object attachment
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WM 460.5.P3 |
Personality
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WM 460.5.P5 |
Pleasure-pain principle
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WM 460.5.P7 |
Political systems
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WM 460.5.R2 |
Reinforcement
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WM 460.5.R3 |
Religion. Church. Morals. Superego
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WM 460.5.S3 |
Sex
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WM 460.5.U6 |
Unconscious. Id
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WM 460.5.W6 |
Women
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WM 460.6 |
Psychoanalytic therapy
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WM 460.7 |
Psychoanalytic interpretation
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Other Disorders | |
WM 475 |
Communication disorders. Speech-language pathology
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Classify works on communication disorders of neurologic origins in WL 340.2.
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WM 475.5 |
Aphasia
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Classify works on aphasia of neurologic origin in WL 340.5.
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WM 475.6 |
Dyslexia
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Classify works on dyslexia of neurologic origin in WL 340.6.
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WM 600 |
Social behavior disorders (General)
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Cf. WS 350.8.S6 for works about children.
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WM 610 |
Paraphilias
(e.g., Sadism. Fetishism. Transvestitism. Exhibitionism. Pedophilia) |
WM 611 |
Psychosexual dysfunctions (General or not elsewhere classified)
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[WM 612] |
[This number not used]
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Classify masturbation in HQ 447; WM 611.
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[WM 615] |
[This number not used]
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Classify homosexuality in HQ 75-76.8; WM 611.
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