mental health associations

Preferred Label : mental health associations;

MeSH definition : Voluntary organizations which support educational programs and research in psychiatry with the objective of the promotion of mental health. An early association in the United States was founded as the National Committee for Mental Hygiene in 1909, became the Mental Health Association in 1976 and later the National Mental Health Association in 1980. State and local mental health associations in this country are chartered by the national organization and affiliated with it.;

MeSH synonym : health associations, mental; association, mental health; mental health association; associations, mental health; health association, mental;

MeSH annotation : specify geog; DF: MENTAL HEALTH ASSOC; specify geog;

Details

Origin ID

D008604;

UMLS CUI

C0025354;

Allowable qualifiers
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
Metaterm(s)
- psychiatry [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- mental health associations [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- mental health [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Related Organization [UMLS semantic type]

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