"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 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2004 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2007 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 2008 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2009 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2010 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2011 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2013 | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2014 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2015 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2016 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2018 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| 2019 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| 2020 | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mental Disorders" by people in Profiles.
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Genetic architectures of brain-related traits are shaped by strong selective constraints. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Sep 08; 123(36):e2609814123.
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Spatial working memory across psychiatric disorders in young adults. CNS Spectr. 2026 Aug 07; 31(1):e32.
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Blinding Integrity in Psychedelic Randomized Clinical Trials: A Systematic Review. JAMA Psychiatry. 2026 Jul 01; 83(7):755-769.
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Mining and Mapping 25 Years of Medication Use in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Contact-Level Descriptive Analysis of Electronic Health Records. JMIR Med Inform. 2026 06 16; 14:e86066.
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Harnessing placebo effects and mitigating nocebo effects: implications for clinical practice in psychiatry and medicine. Lancet Psychiatry. 2026 May; 13(5):413-425.
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Measuring and appraising placebo effects in clinical trials: contemporary challenges and approaches in psychiatry. Lancet Psychiatry. 2026 May; 13(5):426-440.
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HIV diagnosis following psychiatric hospitalization among a large cohort of privately-insured people in the United States, 2003-2024. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2026 May-Jun; 100:215-222.
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Planning and problem solving across multiple psychiatric disorders in young adults. J Psychiatr Res. 2026 05; 196:1-7.
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State of Ohio Adversity and Resilience (SOAR) study protocol: a comprehensive, multimodal, family-based, longitudinal observational investigation of risk and resilience in mental health and substance use disorders. BMJ Open. 2025 Nov 19; 15(11):e099525.
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Neuropsychiatric Disorders Among Adult Emergency Department Patients With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Psychiatr Serv. 2025 Nov 01; 76(11):970-979.